Chapter 3: Hiranyakas'ipu's
Plan
to
Become
Immortal
(29) You, operating
through
the
life
force, constitute
the
factual control of the moving and immobile creatures. You are the
origin
of all activities and the mastermind and source of insight of all
living beings. You are the great Lord of the knowing and acting
senses, the
controller of the material
elements, their qualities and the mind thereabout [compare B.G. 7:
7].
Chapter 4:
Hiranyakas'ipu Terrorizes the Universe
(8) He, in the
paradise of the gods situated with the riches of all opulence, thus lived in the highest world. Living
in the palace of the king of heaven as created by Vis'vakarmâ the
great asura architect, he, in control of all the wealth of the
entire universe, from that abode of Lakshmî dominated the three
worlds.
Chapter 5:
Prahlâda Mahârâja, the Saintly
Son
of Hiranyakas'ipu
(30) S'rî Prahlâda said: 'Persons
swearing by a
worldly existence develop a life
that
leads to hell, because they fail
in their sense control and
repeatedly chew the chewed. They are never inclined toward Krishna [see
B.G. 4:
4-5] because of what others
tell them, out of their own understanding or by a combination of
the two [see also B.G. 2:
44].
