The inhabitants of Gandharvaloka prayed: Your Lordship, we ever engage in Your service by dancing and singing in dramatic performances, but this Hiraṇyakaśipu, by the influence of his bodily strength and valor, brought us under his subjugation. Now he has been brought to this low condition by Your Lordship. What benefit can result from the activities of such an upstart as Hiraṇyakaśipu?
Srimad Bhagavata Purana
श्रीमद्भागवतमहापुराणम्
मूल श्लोकः
गन्धर्वा ऊचुः । वयं विभो ते नटनाट्यगायका येनात्मसाद्वीर्यबलौजसा कृताः । स एष नीतो भवता दशामिमां किमुत्पथस्थः कुशलाय कल्पते
gandharvā ūcuḥ | vayaṃ vibho te naṭanāṭyagāyakā yenātmasādvīryabalaujasā kṛtāḥ | sa eṣa nīto bhavatā daśāmimāṃ kimutpathasthaḥ kuśalāya kalpate
SB 7.8.50