Devanagari
मनोवीर्यवरोत्सिक्तमसृण्यमकुतोभयम् ।
भीता निलिल्यिरे देवास्तार्क्ष्यत्रस्ता इवाहय: ॥ २२ ॥
Verse text
mano-vīrya-varotsiktam
asṛṇyam akuto-bhayam
bhītā nililyire devās
tārkṣya-trastā ivāhayaḥ
Synonyms
manaḥ
—
vīrya — by mental and bodily strength
;
vara
—
by the boon
;
utsiktam
—
proud
;
asṛṇyam
—
not able to be checked
;
akutaḥ
—
bhayam — fearing no one
;
bhītāḥ
—
frightened
;
nililyire
—
hid themselves
;
devāḥ
—
the demigods
;
tārkṣya
—
Garuḍa
;
trastāḥ
—
frightened of
;
iva
—
like
;
ahayaḥ
—
snakes .
Translation
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 Garuḍa.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
Seeing him, uncontrollable and fearless, with intolerable temper, with jingling gold anklets, with vaijayantī garland and s club placed on his shoulder, possessing mental and bodily strength and strength given by Brahmā, the devatās became frightened and disappeared just as snakes disappear out of fear of Garuḍa.
He was proud because of his mental strength, bodily strength, and strength given by the devatā (Brahmā). Asṛṇyam means uncontrollable.
Purport
The
asuras
are generally strongly built, as described here, and therefore their mental condition is very sound, and their prowess is also extraordinary. Hiraṇyākṣa and Hiraṇyakaśipu, 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.