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| Canto 7: The Science of God | Chapter 5: Prahlāda Mahārāja, the Saintly Son of Hiranyakaśipu |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 7.5.43-44
dig-gajair dandaśūkendrair
abhicārāvapātanaih
gara-dānair abhojanaih
parvatākramanair api
cintām dīrghatamām prāptas
SYNONYMS
dik-gajaih — by big elephants trained to smash anything under their feet; danda-śūka-indraih — by the biting of the King's poisonous snakes; abhicāra — by destructive spells; avapātanaih — by causing to fall from the top of a mountain; māyābhih — by conjuring tricks; sannirodhaih — by imprisonment; ca — as well as; gara-dānaih — by administering poison; abhojanaih — by starving; hima — by cold; vāyu — wind; agni — fire; salilaih — and water; parvata-ākramanaih — by crushing with big stones and hills; api — and also; na śaśāka — was not able; yadā — when; hantum — to kill; apāpam — who was not at all sinful; asurah — the demon (Hiranyakaśipu); sutam — his son; cintām — anxiety; dīrgha-tamām — long-standing; prāptah — obtained; tat-kartum — to do that; na — not; abhyapadyata — achieved.
TRANSLATION
Hiranyakaśipu could not kill his son by throwing him beneath the feet of big elephants, throwing him among huge, fearful snakes, employing destructive spells, hurling him from the top of a hill, conjuring up illusory tricks, administering poison, starving him, exposing him to severe cold, winds, fire and water, or throwing heavy stones to crush him. When Hiranyakaśipu found that he could not in any way harm Prahlāda, who was completely sinless, he was in great anxiety about what to do next.
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