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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[ Canto 4, Ch. 21 ]
TEXT 47
हिरण्यकशिपुश्वापि मगवभिन्दया तमः । विविधुरत्यगात्स्नोः प्रह्लादस्यानुभावतः ॥४७॥
hiraṇyakaśipuś cāpi bhagavan-nindayā tamaḥ vivikṣur atyagāt sūnoḥ prahlādasyānubhāvataḥ
hiraṇyakaśipuḥ—the father of Prahlāda Mahārāja; ca—also; api—again; bhagavat—of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; nindayā—by blaspheming; tamaḥ—in the darkest region of hellish life; vivikṣuḥ—entered; atyagāt—was delivered; sūnoḥ—of his son; prahlādasya—of Mahārāja Prahlāda; anubhāvataḥ—by the influence of.
TRANSLATION
Similarly, Hiraṇyakaśipu, who by dint of his sinful activities always defied the supremacy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, entered into the darkest region of hellish life; but by the grace of his great son, Prahlāda Mahārāja, he also was delivered and went back home, back to Godhead.
PURPORT
When Prahlāda Mahārāja was offered benediction by Nṛsimhadeva, due to his great devotion and tolerance he refused to accept any benediction from the Lord, thinking that such acceptance was not befitting a sincere devotee. The rendering of service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead in expectation of a good reward is deprecated by Prahlāda Mahārāja as mercantile business. Because Prahlāda Mahārāja was a Vaiṣṇava, he did not ask benediction for his personal self but was very affectionate towards his father. Although his father tortured him and would have killed him had he himself not been killed by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Prahlāda Mahārāja begged pardon for him from the Lord. This favor was immediately granted by the Lord, and Hiraṇyakaśipu was delivered from the darkest region of hellish life, and he returned back home, back to Godhead, by the grace of his son. Prahlāda Mahārāja is the topmost example of a Vaiṣṇava who is always compassionate toward sinful persons suffering a hellish life within this material world. Kṛṣṇa is therefore known as  paraduḥkha-duḥkhī kṛpāmbudhi , or one who is compassionate toward others' suffering and who is an ocean of mercy. Like Prahlāda Mahārāja, all pure