श्रीनारद उवाच हिरण्यकशिपू राजन्नजेयमजरामरम् । आत्मानमप्रतिद्वन्द्वमेकराजं व्यधित्सत ॥ १ ॥
sri-narada uvaca hiranyakasipu rajann ajeyam ajaramaram atmanam apratidvandvam eka-rajam vyadhitsata
- sri-naradah uvaca
- Narada Muni said
- hiranyakasipuh
- the demoniac king Hiranyakasipu
- rajan
- O King Yudhisthira
- ajeyam
- unconquerable by any enemy
- ajara
- without old age or disease
- amaram
- immortal
- atmanam
- himself
- apratidvandvam
- without any rival or opponent
- eka-rajam
- the one king of the universe
- vyadhitsata
- desired to become.
Narada Muni said to Maharaja Yudhisthira: The demoniac king Hiranyakasipu wanted to be unconquerable and free from old age and dwindling of the body. He wanted to gain all the yogic perfections like anima and laghima, to be deathless, and to be the only king of the entire universe, including Brahmaloka.