भीता निलिल्यिरे देवास्तार्क्ष्यत्रस्ता इवाहयः ॥२२॥
mano-vīrya-varotsiktam
asṛṇyam akuto-bhayam
bhÄ«tÄ nililyire devÄs
tÄrká¹£ya-trastÄ ivÄhayaḥ
manaḥ-vÄ«rya - by mental and bodily strength; vara - by the boon; utsiktam - proud; asṛṇyam - not able to be checked; akutaḥ-bhayam - fearing no one; bhÄ«tÄḥ - frightened; nililyire - hid themselves; devÄḥ - the demigods; tÄrká¹£ya - Garuá¸a; trastÄḥ - frightened of; iva - like; ahayaḥ - snakes.
His mental and bodily strength as well as the boon conferred upon him had made him proud. He feared death at the hands of no one, and there was no checking him. The gods, therefore, were seized with fear at his very sight, and they hid themselves even as snakes hide themselves for fear of Garuá¸a.
The asuras are generally strongly built, as described here, and therefore their mental condition is very sound, and their prowess is also extraordinary. HiraṇyÄká¹£a and HiraṇyakaÅ›ipu, having received the boon that they would not be killed by any other living entity within this universe, were almost immortal, and thus they were completely fearless.
