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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 7.8.14
evam duruktair muhur ardayan rushā
sutam mahā-bhāgavatam mahāsurah
khadgam pragrihyotpatito varāsanāt
stambham tatādātibalah sva-mushtinā
SYNONYMS
evam — thus; duruktaih — by harsh words; muhuh — constantly; ardayan — chastising; rushā — with unnecessary anger; sutam — his son; mahā-bhāgavatam — who was a most exalted devotee; mahā-asurah — Hiranyakaśipu, the great demon; khadgam — sword; pragrihya — taking up; utpatitah — having gotten up; vara-āsanāt — from his exalted throne; stambham — the column; tatāda — struck; ati-balah — very strong; sva-mushtinā — by his fist.
TRANSLATION
Being obsessed with anger, Hiranyakaśipu, who was very great in bodily strength, thus chastised his exalted devotee-son Prahlāda with harsh words. Cursing him again and again, Hiranyakaśipu took up his sword, got up from his royal throne, and with great anger struck his fist against the column.
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