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Krsna is ultimately presents Himself to the atheist as mrtyu, as He appeared before Hiranyakasipu. Hiranyakasipu was declining. His son was asking his father, "My dear father, why you are disbelieving God?" And he was becoming angry: "No, I am God. Who is else God? I am God. You see? All the demigods, they are afraid of me. I am so powerful." But Prahlada will not agree. He will say, "No, no. You are not God. God is Narayana." This was the father and son. So he did not believe in God. He was thinking, "I am God." Therefore, as Krsna says in the Bhagavad-gita, mrtyuh sarva-haras caham. Those who are atheists, do not believe in God, the God comes before them as death and takes away everything-all his power, all his opulence, all his money, all his..., everything taken away. Mrtyuh sarva...    (More...)

Prabhupada: That's it. Very... Thank you. [laughter] That is intelligence. That is stated in the Bhagavad-gita: mrtyuh sarva-haras caham [Bg 10.34]. Those who are not accepting God in lifetime, they will meet God, death. Death is another form of God. That they cannot deny. Just like Hiranyakasipu. He simply defied God, and Nrsimhadeva came, finished everything within a second.    (More...)