पश्यामि नान्यं पुरुषात्पुरातनाद्
द्यः संयुगे त्वां रणमार्गकोविदम् ।
आराधयिष्यत्यसुरर्षभेहि तं
मनस्विनो यं गृणते भवादृशाः ॥३०॥

paÅ›yÄmi nÄnyaá¹ puruá¹£Ät purÄtanÄd
yaḥ saá¹yuge tvÄá¹ raṇa-mÄrga-kovidam
ÄrÄdhayiá¹£yaty asurará¹£abhehi taá¹
manasvino yaá¹ gṛṇate bhavÄdṛśÄḥ

 paÅ›yÄmi - I see; na - not; anyam - other; puruá¹£Ät - than the person; purÄtanÄt - most ancient; yaḥ - who; saá¹yuge - in battle; tvÄm - to you; raṇa-mÄrga - in the tactics of war; kovidam - very much skilled; ÄrÄdhayiá¹£yati - will give satisfaction; asura-ṛṣabha - O chief of the asuras; ihi - approach; tam - Him; manasvinaḥ - heroes; yam - whom; gṛṇate - praise; bhavÄdṛśÄḥ - like you.


Text

You are so skilled in war that I do not see anyone else but the most ancient person, Lord Viṣṇu, who can give satisfaction in battle to you. Therefore, O chief of the asuras, approach Him, whom even heroes like you mention with praise.

Purport

Aggressive materialistic warriors are actually punished by the Supreme Lord for their policy of unnecessarily disturbing world peace. Therefore Varuṇa advised HiraṇyÄká¹£a that the right course to satisfy his fighting spirit would be to seek to fight with Viṣṇu.