taṁ sannibhartsya kupitaḥ
śrī-nārada uvāca
etāvad brāhmaṇāyoktvā
virarāma mahā-matiḥ
taṁ sannibhartsya kupitaḥ
sudīno rāja-sevakaḥ
Nārada said: The great soul Prahlāda became silent after saying this to the brāhmaṇa. Angry, the King’s servant, in great distress, chastised him and spoke.
The verb “spoke” should be supplied.
|| 7.5.16 ||
ānīyatām are vetram
asmākam ayaśaskaraḥ
kulāṅgārasya durbuddheś
caturtho 'syodito damaḥ
Oh, please bring me a stick! This Prahlāda is damaging our fame. For such bad intelligence, a cinder in the dynasty of the demons, the fourth method, punishment, is recommended in scriptures.
Vetram is a special stick for beating. Bring the stick because he has brought infamy to us. For such faulty intelligence, among the methods, the fourth one, punishment, is recommended in the scriptures.
|| 7.5.17 ||
daiteya-candana-vane
jāto 'yaṁ kaṇṭaka-drumaḥ
yan-mūlonmūla-paraśor
viṣṇor nālāyito 'rbhakaḥ
A thorn tree has been born in a forest of sandalwood. This boy is the handle of the axe named Viṣṇu who wants to cut down the sandalwood forest.
Prahlāda is the handle of the axe named Viṣṇu who cuts the root of the sandalwood forest of the family of demons. The wood of the varvūra tree is famous as an axe handle. This is the thorn tree.
|| 7.5.18 ||
iti taṁ vividhopāyair
bhīṣayaṁs tarjanādibhiḥ
prahrādaṁ grāhayām āsa
tri-vargasyopapādanam
The teachers of Prahlāda Mahārāja, threatening him in various ways, tried to teach him books which presented the paths of religion, economic development and sense gratification.
They tried to teach him.
|| 7.5.19 ||
tata enaṁ gurur jñātvā
jñāta-jñeya-catuṣṭayam
daityendraṁ darśayām āsa
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