🪷 ŚB 3.17.20

Sanskrit, transliteration, word meanings, and translation for steady Bhāgavata reading.

Sanskrit

हिरण्याक्षोऽनुजस्तस्य प्रिय: प्रीतिकृदन्वहम् । गदापाणिर्दिवं यातो युयुत्सुर्मृगयन् रणम् ॥ २० ॥

Transliteration

hiraṇyākṣo ’nujas tasya priyaḥ prīti-kṛd anvaham gadā-pāṇir divaṁ yāto yuyutsur mṛgayan raṇam
Synonyms
hiraṇyākṣaḥ — Hiraṇyākṣa; anujaḥ — younger brother; tasya — his; priyaḥ — beloved; prīti-kṛt — ready to please; anu-aham — every day; gadā-pāṇiḥ — with a club in hand; divam — to the higher planets; yātaḥ — traveled; yuyutsuḥ — desirous to fight; mṛgayan — seeking; raṇam — combat.

Translation

His younger brother, Hiraṇyākṣa, was always ready to satisfy his elder brother by his activities. Hiraṇyākṣa took a club on his shoulder and traveled all over the universe with a fighting spirit just to satisfy Hiraṇyakaśipu.

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