Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 7.8.6

kruddhasya yasya kampante

trayo lokāh saheśvarāh

tasya me 'bhītavan mūdha

śāsanam kim balo 'tyagāh

SYNONYMS

kruddhasya — when angered; yasya — he who; kampante — tremble; trayah lokāh — the three worlds; saha-īśvarāh — with their leaders; tasya — of that; me — of me (Hiranyakaśipu); abhīta-vat — without fear; mūdha — rascal; śāsanam — ruling order; kim — what; balah — strength; atyagāh — have overstepped.

TRANSLATION

My son Prahlāda, you rascal, you know that when I am angry all the planets of the three worlds tremble, along with their chief rulers. By whose power has a rascal like you become so impudent that you appear fearless and overstep my power to rule you?

PURPORT

The relationship between a pure devotee and the Supreme Personality of Godhead is extremely relishable. A devotee never claims to be very powerful himself; instead, he fully surrenders to the lotus feet of Krishna, being confident that in all dangerous conditions Krishna will protect His devotee. Krishna Himself says in Bhagavad-gītā (9.31), kaunteya pratijānīhi na me bhaktah pranaśyati: "O son of Kuntī, declare boldly that My devotee never perishes." The Lord requested Arjuna to declare this instead of declaring it Himself because sometimes Krishna changes His view and therefore people might not believe Him. Thus Krishna asked Arjuna to declare that a devotee of the Lord is never vanquished.

Hiranyakaśipu was perplexed about how his five-year-old boy could be so fearless that he did not care for the order of his very great and powerful father. A devotee cannot execute the order of anyone except the Supreme Personality of Godhead. This is the position of a devotee. Hiranyakaśipu could understand that this boy must have been very powerful, since the boy did not heed his orders. Hiranyakaśipu asked his son, kim balah: "How have you overcome my order? By whose strength have you done this?"

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