Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 7.4.1

śrī-nārada uvāca

evaḿ vṛtaḥ śata-dhṛtir

hiraṇyakaśipor atha

prādāt tat-tapasā prīto

varāḿs tasya sudurlabhān

SYNONYMS

śrī-nāradaḥ uvāca — Śrī Nārada Muni said; evam — thus; vṛtaḥ — solicited; śata-dhṛtiḥ — Lord Brahmā; hiraṇyakaśipoḥ — of Hiraṇyakaśipu; atha — then; prādāt — delivered; tat — his; tapasā — by the difficult austerities; prītaḥ — being pleased; varān — benedictions; tasya — unto Hiraṇyakaśipu; su-durlabhān — very rarely obtained.

TRANSLATION

Nārada Muni continued: Lord Brahmā was very much satisfied by Hiraṇyakaśipu's austerities, which were difficult to perform. Therefore, when solicited for benedictions, he indeed granted them, although they were rarely to be achieved.

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