Canto 7: The Science of GodChapter 5: Prahlāda Mahārāja, the Saintly Son of Hiranyakaśipu

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 7.5.42

prayāse 'pahate tasmin

daityendrah pariśańkitah

cakāra tad-vadhopāyān

nirbandhena yudhishthira

SYNONYMS

prayāse — when the endeavor; apahate — futile; tasmin — that; daitya-indrah — the King of the demons, Hiranyakaśipu; pariśańkitah — very much afraid (considering how the boy was protected); cakāra — executed; tat-vadha-upāyān — various means for killing him; nirbandhena — with determination; yudhishthiraO King Yudhishthira.

TRANSLATION

My dear King Yudhishthira, when all the attempts of the demons to kill Prahlāda Mahārāja were futile, the King of the demons, Hiranyakaśipu, being most fearful, began contriving other means to kill him.

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