Canto 7: The Science of God | Chapter 5: Prahlāda Mahārāja, the Saintly Son of Hiraṇyakaśipu |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 7.5.2
tau rājñā prāpitaḿ bālaḿ
prahlādaḿ naya-kovidam
pāṭhayām āsatuḥ pāṭhyān
anyāḿś cāsura-bālakān
SYNONYMS
tau — those two (Ṣaṇḍa and Amarka); rājñā — by the King; prāpitam — sent; bālam — the boy; prahlādam — named Prahlāda; naya-kovidam — who was aware of moral principles; pāṭhayām āsatuḥ — instructed; pāṭhyān — books of material knowledge; anyān — other; ca — also; asura-bālakān — sons of the asuras.
TRANSLATION
Prahlāda Mahārāja was already educated in devotional life, but when his father sent him to those two sons of Śukrācārya to be educated, they accepted him at their school along with the other sons of the asuras.
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