# SB 7.3.20 > व्यवसायेन तेऽनेन दुष्करेण मनस्विनाम > तपोनिष्ठेन भवताजितोऽहं दितिनन्दन ॥२०॥ ## Text > vyavasāyena te 'nena > duṣkareṇa manasvinām > tapo-niṣṭhena bhavatā > jito 'haṁ diti-nandana ## Synonyms *vyavasāyena*—by determination; *te*—your; *anena*—this; *duṣkareṇa*—difficult to perform; *manasvinām*—even for great sages and saintly persons; *tapaḥ-niṣṭhena*—aimed at executing austerity; *bhavatā*—by you; *jitaḥ*—conquered; *aham*—I; *diti-nandana*—O son of Diti. ## Translation **My dear son of Diti, with your great determination and austerity you have done what was impossible even for great saintly persons, and thus I have certainly been conquered by you.** ## Purport In regard to the word *jitaḥ,* Śrīla Madhva Muni gives the following quotation from the *Śabda-nirṇaya: parābhūtaṁ vaśa-sthaṁ ca jitabhid ucyate budhaiḥ.* "If one comes under someone else's control or is defeated by another, he is called *jitaḥ.*" iraṇyakaśipu's austerity was so great and wonderful that even Lord Brahmā agreed to be conquered by him.