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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 7, Ch. 4]
tasmīn mahā-bhāgavate mahā-bhāge mahātmani hiraṇyakaśīpū rājann akarod agham ātmaje
tasmīn—unto him; mahā-bhāgavate—an exalted devotee of the Lord; mahā-bhāge—most fortunate; mahā-ātmani—whose mind was very broad; hiraṇyakaśīpū—the demon Hiraṇyakaśīpu; rājan—O King; akarot—performed; agham—very great sin; ātma-je—to his own son.
TRANSLATION
My dear King Yudhiṣṭhira, the demon Hiraṇyakaśīpu tormented this exalted, fortunate devotee, although Prahlāda was his own son.
PURPORT
When a demon like Hiraṇyakaśīpu, despite his elevated position due to severe austerities, begins to tease a devotee, he begins falling down, and the results of his austerities dwindle. One who oppresses a pure devotee loses all the results of his austerities, penances and pious activities. Since Hiraṇyakaśīpu was now inclined to chastise his most exalted devotee son, Prahlāda Mahārāja, his opulences began dwindling.
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श्रीयुधिष्ठिर उवाच
देवर्ष एतदिच्छामो वेदितुं तव मुन्नत । यदात्मजाय शुद्धाय पितादात् साधवे ह्यधम् ॥४४॥
śrī-yudhiṣṭhira uvāca devarṣa etad icchāmo veditum tava suvrata yad ātmajāya śuddhāya pitādāt sādhave hy agham
śrī-yudhiṣṭhiraḥ uvāca—Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira inquired; deva-rṣe—O best saintly person among the demigods; etat—this; icchāmaḥ—we