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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 7, Ch. 4]
upālabhante śikṣārthaṁ naivāgham aparo yathā
putrān—sons; vipratikūlān—who act against the will of the father; svān—their own; pitaraḥ—fathers; putra-vatsalāḥ—being very affectionate to the children; upālabhante—chastise; śikṣa-artham—to teach them lessons; na—not; eva—indeed; agham—punishment; aparaḥ—an enemy; yathā—like.
TRANSLATION
A father and mother are always affectionate to their children. When the children are disobedient the parents chastise them, not due to enmity but only for the child's instruction and welfare. How did Hiraṇyakaśipu, the father of Prahlāda Mahārāja, chastise such a noble son? This is what I am eager to know.
TEXT 46
क्रिमुतानुवशान् साधूंस्तादशान् गुरुदेवतान् । एतत् कौतूहलं ब्रह्मन्नसाकं विधम प्रमो । पितुः पुत्राय यद् द्वेषो मरणाय प्रयोजितः ॥४६॥
kim utānuvaśān sādhūṁs tādṛśān guru-devatān etat kautūhalam brahmann asmākaṁ vidhama prabho pituḥ putrāya yad dveṣo maraṇāya prayojitaḥ
kim uta—much less; anuvaśān—to obedient and perfect sons; sādhūn—great devotees; tādṛśān—of that sort; guru-devatān—honoring the father as the Supreme Personality of Godhead; etat—this; kautūhalam—doubt; brahman—O brāhmaṇa; asmākam—of us; vidhama—dissipate; prabho—O my lord; pituḥ—of the father; putrāya—unto the son; yat—which; dveṣaḥ—envy; maraṇāya—for killing; prayojitaḥ—applied.