ity uktvoparataṁ putraṁ
ity uktvoparataṁ putraṁ
hiraṇyakaśipū ruṣā
andhīkṛtātmā svotsaṅgān
nirasyata mahī-tale
After Prahlāda had finished speaking, Hiraṇyakaśipu, blinded by anger, threw him off his lap onto the ground.
|| 7.5.34 ||
āhāmarṣa-ruṣāviṣṭaḥ
kaṣāyī-bhūta-locanaḥ
vadhyatām āśv ayaṁ vadhyo
niḥsārayata nairṛtāḥ
Intolerant and angry, his reddish eyes burning like molten copper, Hiraṇyakaśipu said: O demons! Take this boy away! He deserves to be killed. Kill him immediately!
He was overcome with anger along with intolerance (amarṣa). Naiṛṛtā means “O Rākṣasas!”
|| 7.5.35 ||
ayaṁ me bhrātṛ-hā so 'yaṁ
hitvā svān suhṛdo 'dhamaḥ
pitṛvya-hantuḥ pādau yo
viṣṇor dāsavad arcati
This low person, giving up his family of well-wisher, is the killer of my brother, for he worships the feet of Viṣṇu, the killer of his uncle, like his servant.
He is the killer of my brother. “But it is well known that Viṣṇu killed your brother.” He is Viṣṇu. How is that? He worships Viṣṇu like a servant, though he is the son of demon king. He is Viṣṇu because Viṣṇu gives a similar form to his servants. Therefore kill him.
|| 7.5.36 ||
viṣṇor vā sādhv asau kiṁ nu
kariṣyaty asamañjasaḥ
sauhṛdaṁ dustyajaṁ pitror
ahād yaḥ pañca-hāyanaḥ
Although Prahlāda is only five years old, being unfit, he has given up the affection of his father and mother, difficult to reject. Will he put his faith in Viṣṇu?
Viṣṇu should not be believed. How could a person who is intelligent put faith in him?
|| 7.5.37 ||
paro 'py apatyaṁ hita-kṛd yathauṣadhaṁ
sva-dehajo 'py āmayavat suto 'hitaḥ
chindyāt tad aṅgaṁ yad utātmano 'hitaṁ
śeṣaṁ sukhaṁ jīvati yad-vivarjanāt
Someone else’s child, if beneficial like a medicinal herb, is treated like a son. A son who is unbeneficial, though coming from one’s body, is like disease. A limb which is unbeneficial should be cut off. By cutting it off, one can finally live happily.
“How can we kill your son?” A person not of one’s family, if beneficial like a medicinal herb, is treated like son. A limb, if unbeneficial for oneself, should be cut off.
|| 7.5.38 ||
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