यादोगणाः सन्नधियः ससाध्वसाः ।
अहन्यमाना अपि तस्य वर्चसा
प्रधर्षिता दूरतरं प्रदुद्रुवुः ॥२५॥
tasmin praviá¹£á¹e varuṇasya sainikÄ
yÄdo-gaṇÄḥ sanna-dhiyaḥ sasÄdhvasÄḥ
ahanyamÄnÄ api tasya varcasÄ
pradhará¹£itÄ dÅ«rataraá¹ pradudruvuḥ
tasmin praviá¹£á¹e - when he entered the ocean; varuṇasya - of Varuṇa; sainikÄḥ - the defenders; yÄdaḥ-gaṇÄḥ - the aquatic animals; sanna-dhiyaḥ - depressed; sa-sÄdhvasÄḥ - with fear; ahanyamÄnÄḥ - not being hit; api - even; tasya - his; varcasÄ - by splendor; pradhará¹£itÄḥ - stricken; dÅ«ra-taram - far away; pradudruvuḥ - they ran fast.
On his entering the ocean, the aquatic animals who formed the host of Varuṇa were stricken with fear and ran far away. Thus HiraṇyÄká¹£a showed his splendor without dealing a blow.
Materialistic demons sometimes appear to be very powerful and are seen to establish their supremacy throughout the world. Here also it appears that HiraṇyÄká¹£a, by his demoniac strength, actually established his supremacy throughout the universe, and the demigods were afraid of his uncommon power. Not only were the demigods in space afraid of the demons HiraṇyakaÅ›ipu and HiraṇyÄká¹£a, but so also were the aquatic animals within the sea.
