In plain words
As a result, he is moving far from the presence of God. Man must first enter the spiritual path, understand oneness and take part in service to society. Only then can he make progress. If instead he fixes his attention on self-interest at the very start, he will not understand the spiritual principle at all.
Hiraṇyākṣa, Hiraṇyakaśipu, Kaṃsa: all of them kept spirituality at a distance and toiled only for their own selfish ends. Hiraṇyakaśipu was the first among all scientists. But however much science one knows, what use is it? ‘Where did this matter come from? How was it born?’ Knowing things like these brings us no joy at all. Hiraṇyākṣa and Hiraṇyakaśipu filled their hearts to the brim with negative feelings. That is why, for all their strength and skill, they could not attain divinity. In the same way, man longs only for worldly, material things and misuses his strength. However great his strength and ability, he cannot attain divinity. That is why the Upaniṣads warn man: “Uttiṣṭhata jāgrata prāpyavarānnibodhata.” “O madman! Wake from the sleep of ignorance. Turn your gaze to the sunrise of Prajñāna. Drive tamoguṇa away from you. Give up material desires. Understand that the world is transient and impermanent,” they teach.
“That He is here and not there, have no such doubt…”
Hiraṇyakaśipu researched the secret of creation and tried to change the courses of the planets. But he could not understand divinity in the least. His son Prahlāda, though only a small boy, was able to understand divinity well. “My son! What have you learnt from your teachers?” the father asked, and Prahlāda said: