SB 3.17.27
TEXT 27
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TEXT
तत्रोपलभ्यासुरलोकपालकं यादोगणानामृषभं प्रचेतसम् ।
स्मयन्प्रलब्धुं प्रणिपत्य नीचवज् जगाद मे देह्यधिराज संयुगम् ॥ २७ ॥ tatropalabhyasura-loka-palakam
yado-gananam rsabham pracetasam
smayan pralabdhum pranipatya nicavaj
jagada me dehy adhiraja samyugam
tatra-there; upalabhya-having reached; asura-loka-of the regions where the demons reside; palakam-the guardian; yadas-gananam-of the acquatic creatures; rsabham-the lord; pracetasam-Varuna; smayan-smiling; pralabdhum-to make fun; pranipatya-having bowed down; nicavat-like a lowborn man; jagada-he said; me-to me; dehi-give; adhiraja-O great lord; samyugam-battle.
TRANSLATION
Then he reached the Vibhavari, the home of Varuna, the lord of the aquatic creatures and the guardian of the lower regions of the universe where the demons generally reside. He fell there at the latter's feel like a lowborn man, and to make fun of him he said with a smile, "Give me battle, O Supreme Lord!"
PURPORT
The demoniac person always challenges others and tries to occupy others' property by force. Here these symptoms are fully displayed by Hiranyaksa, who begged war from a person who had no desire to fight.
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