Devanagari
तमङ्ग मत्तं मधुनोरुगन्धिना
विवृत्तताम्राक्षमशेषधिष्ण्यपा: ।
उपासतोपायनपाणिभिर्विना
त्रिभिस्तपोयोगबलौजसां पदम् ॥ १३ ॥
Verse text
tam aṅga mattaṁ madhunoru-gandhinā
vivṛtta-tāmrākṣam aśeṣa-dhiṣṇya-pāḥ
upāsatopāyana-pāṇibhir vinā
tribhis tapo-yoga-balaujasāṁ padam
Synonyms
tam
—
him (Hiraṇyakaśipu)
;
aṅga
—
O dear King
;
mattam
—
intoxicated
;
madhunā
—
by wine
;
uru
—
gandhinā — strong-smelling
;
vivṛtta
—
rolling
;
tāmra
—
akṣam — having eyes like copper
;
aśeṣa
—
dhiṣṇya — pāḥ — the principal men of all the planets
;
upāsata
—
worshiped
;
upāyana
—
full with paraphernalia
;
pāṇibhiḥ
—
by their own hands
;
vinā
—
without
;
tribhiḥ
—
the three principal deities (Lord Viṣṇu, Lord Brahmā and Lord Śiva)
;
tapaḥ
—
of austerity
;
yoga
—
mystic power
;
bala
—
bodily strength
;
ojasām
—
and power of the senses
;
padam
—
the abode .
Translation
O my dear King, Hiraṇyakaśipu was always drunk on strong-smelling wines and liquors, and therefore his coppery eyes were always rolling. Nonetheless, because he had powerfully executed great austerities in mystic yoga, although he was abominable, all but the three principal demigods — Lord Brahmā, Lord Śiva and Lord Viṣṇu — personally worshiped him to please him by bringing him various presentations with their own hands.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
O King! Being the abode of austerity, yoga, physical and sensual strength, intoxicated with strong smelling liquor, with rolling, red eyes, Hiraṇyakaśipu was worshipped with offerings by all the devatās except for Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Śiva,
He was worshipped by devatās, who brought gifts, but by not Brahmā, Viṣṇu or Śiva. Though he was fixed in adharma like King Vena, in his kingdom the lands gave products without cultivation. However, that was out of fear, because they would be immediately killed if they did not do so. Vena did not have such power. Thus he was turned to ashes by Bhṛgu and other sages. Hiraṇyakaśipu however took the powers of Bhṛgu and others in the beginning.
Purport
In the
Skanda Purāṇa
there is this description:
upāyanaṁ daduḥ sarve vinā devān hiraṇyakaḥ.
Hiraṇyakaśipu was so powerful that everyone but the three principal demigods — namely Lord Brahmā, Lord Śiva and Lord Viṣṇu — engaged in his service. Madhvācārya says,
ādityā vasavo rudrās tri-vidhā hi surā yataḥ.
There are three kinds of demigods — the Ādityas, the Vasus and the Rudras — beneath whom are the other demigods, like the Maruts and Sādhyas (
marutaś caiva viśve ca sādhyāś caiva ca tad-gatāḥ
). Therefore all the demigods are called
tri-piṣṭapa,
and the same word
tri
applies to Lord Brahmā, Lord Śiva and Lord Viṣṇu.