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| Canto 7: The Science of God | Chapter 5: Prahlāda Mahārāja, the Saintly Son of Hiranyakaśipu |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 7.5.35
vishnor dāsavad arcati
SYNONYMS
ayam — this; me — my; bhrātri-hā — killer of the brother; sah — he; ayam — this; hitvā — giving up; svān — own; suhridah — well-wishers; adhamah — very low; pitrivya-hantuh — of He who killed his uncle Hiranyāksha; pādau — at the two feet; yah — he who; vishnoh — of Lord Vishnu; dāsa-vat — like a servant; arcati — serves.
TRANSLATION
This boy Prahlāda is the killer of my brother, for he has given up his family to engage in the devotional service of the enemy, Lord Vishnu, like a menial servant.
PURPORT
Hiranyakaśipu considered his son Prahlāda Mahārāja to be the killer of his brother because Prahlāda Mahārāja was engaged in the devotional service of Lord Vishnu. In other words, Prahlāda Mahārāja would be elevated to sārūpya liberation, and in that sense he resembled Lord Vishnu. Therefore Prahlāda was to be killed by Hiranyakaśipu. Devotees, Vaishnavas, attain the liberations of sārūpya, sālokya, sārshti and sāmīpya, whereas the Māyāvādīs are supposed to attain the liberation known as sāyujya. Sāyujya-mukti, however, is not very secure, whereas sārūpya-mukti, sālokya-mukti, sārshti-mukti and sāmīpya-mukti are most certain. Although the servants of Lord Vishnu, Nārāyana, in the Vaikuntha planets are equally situated with the Lord, the devotees there know very well that the Lord is the master whereas they are servants.
Copyright © r The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International, Inc.
His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, Founder Ācārya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness