अपश्यन्निति होवाच मयान्विष्टमिदं जगत् । भ्रातृहा मे गतो नूनं यतो नावर्तते पुमान् ॥ १२ ॥
apasyann iti hovaca mayanvistam idam jagat bhratr-ha me gato nunam yato navartate puman
- apasyan
- not seeing Him
- iti
- in this way
- ha uvaca
- uttered
- maya
- by me
- anvistam
- has been sought
- idam
- the whole
- jagat
- universe
- bhratr-ha
- Lord Visnu, who killed the brother
- me
- my
- gatah
- must have gone
- nunam
- indeed
- yatah
- from where
- na
- not
- avartate
- comes back
- puman
- a person.
Unable to see Him, Hiranyakasipu said, I have searched the entire universe, but I could not find Visnu, who has killed my brother. Therefore, He must certainly have gone to that place from which no one returns (In other words, He must now be dead.