SB 7.4.14
TEXT 14
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TEXT
जगुर्महेन्द्रासनमोजसा स्थितं विश्वावसुस्तुम्बुरुरस्मदादयः ।
गन्धर्वसिद्धा ऋषयो ऽस्तुवन्मुहुर् विद्याधराश्चाप्सरसश्च पाण्डव ॥ १४ ॥ jagur mahendrasanam ojasa sthitam
visvavasus tumburur asmad-adayaḥ
gandharva-siddha rsayo 'stuvan muhur
vidyadharas capsarasas ca panḍava
jaguḥ-sung of the glories; mahendra-asanam-the throne of King Indra; ojasa-by personal power; sthitam-situated on; visvavasuḥ-the chief singer of the Gandharvas; tumburuḥ-another Gandharva singer; asmat-adayaḥ-including ourselves (Narada and others also glorified Hiranyakasipu); gandharva-the inhabitants of Gandharva-loka; siddhaḥ-the inhabitants of Siddhaloka; rsayaḥ-the great sages and saintly persons; astuvan-offered prayers; muhuḥ-again and again; vidyadharaḥ-the inhabitants of Vidyadhara-loka; ca-and; apsarasaḥ-the inhabitants of Apsaroloka; ca-and; panḍava-O descendant of Panḍu.
TRANSLATION
O Maharaja Yudhisthira, descendant of Panḍu, by dint of his personal power, Hiranyakasipu, being situated on the throne of King Indra, controlled the inhabitants of all the other planets. The two Gandharvas Visvavasu and Tumburu, I myself and the Vidyadharas, Apsaras and sages all offered prayers to him again and again just to glorify him.
PURPORT
The asuras sometimes become so powerful that they can engage even Narada Muni and similar devotees in their service. This does not mean that Narada was subordinate to Hiranyakasipu. Sometimes, however, it so happens in this material world that great personalities, even great devotees, can also be controlled by the asuras.
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