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TEXT 52
sri-yaksa ucuh
vayam anucara-mukhyah karmabhis te mano-jnais
ta iha diti-sutena prapita vahakatvam
sa tu jana-paritapam tat-krtam janata te
narahara upanitah pancatam panca-vimsa
SYNONYMS
sri-yaksah ucuhthe inhabitants of the Yaksa planet prayed; vayamwe; anucara-mukhyahthe chief among Your many servants; karmabhihby services; teunto You; mano-jnaihvery pleasing; tethey; ihaat the present moment; diti-sutenaby Hiranyakasipu, the son of Diti; prapitahforced to engage as; vahakatvamthe palanquin carriers; sahhe; tubut; jana-paritapamthe miserable condition of everyone; tat-krtamcaused by him; janataknowing; teby You; nara-haraO Lord in the form of Nrsimha; upanitahis put to; pancatamdeath; panca-vimsaO twenty-fifth principle (the controller of the other twenty-four elements).
TRANSLATION
The inhabitants of Yaksaloka prayed: O controller of the twenty-four elements, we are considered the best servants of Your Lordship because of rendering services pleasing to You, yet we engaged as palanquin carriers by the order of Hiranyakasipu, the son of Diti. O Lord in the form of Nrsimhadeva, You know how this demon gave trouble to everyone, but now You have killed him, and his body is mixing with the five material elements.
PURPORT
The Supreme Lord is the controller of the ten senses, the five material elements, the five sense objects, the mind, the intelligence, the false ego and the soul. Therefore He is addressed as panca-vimsa, the twenty-fifth element. The inhabitants of the Yaksa planet are supposed to be the best of all servants, but Hiranyakasipu engaged them as palanquin carriers. The entire universe was in trouble because of Hiranyakasipu, but now that Hiranyakasipus body was mixing with the five material elementsearth, water, fire, air and skyeveryone felt relief. Upon Hiranyakasipus death, the Yaksas were reinstated in their original service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Thus they felt obliged to the Lord and offered their prayers.
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