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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 7.8.52
vayam anucara-mukhyāh karmabhis te mano-jńais
ta iha diti-sutena prāpitā vāhakatvam
sa tu jana-paritāpam tat-kritam jānatā te
narahara upanītah pańcatām pańca-vimśa
SYNONYMS
śrī-yakshāh ūcuh — the inhabitants of the Yaksha planet prayed; vayam — we; anucara-mukhyāh — the chief among Your many servants; karmabhih — by services; te — unto You; mano-jńaih — very pleasing; te — they; iha — at the present moment; diti-sutena — by Hiranyakaśipu, the son of Diti; prāpitāh — forced to engage as; vāhakatvam — the palanquin carriers; sah — he; tu — but; jana-paritāpam — the miserable condition of everyone; tat-kritam — caused by him; jānatā — knowing; te — by You; nara-hara — O Lord in the form of Nrisimha; upanītah — is put to; pańcatām — death; pańca-vimśa — O twenty-fifth principle (the controller of the other twenty-four elements).
TRANSLATION
The inhabitants of Yakshaloka prayed: O controller of the twenty-four elements, we are considered the best servants of Your Lordship because of rendering services pleasing to You, yet we engaged as palanquin carriers by the order of Hiranyakaśipu, the son of Diti. O Lord in the form of Nrisimhadeva, You know how this demon gave trouble to everyone, but now You have killed him, and his body is mixing with the five material elements.
PURPORT
The Supreme Lord is the controller of the ten senses, the five material elements, the five sense objects, the mind, the intelligence, the false ego and the soul. Therefore He is addressed as pańca-vimśa, the twenty-fifth element. The inhabitants of the Yaksha planet are supposed to be the best of all servants, but Hiranyakaśipu engaged them as palanquin carriers. The entire universe was in trouble because of Hiranyakaśipu, but now that Hiranyakaśipu's body was mixing with the five material elements — earth, water, fire, air and sky — everyone felt relief. Upon Hiranyakaśipu's death, the Yakshas were reinstated in their original service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Thus they felt obliged to the Lord and offered their prayers.
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