Text 22] Prahlāda, the Saintly Son of Hiraṇyakaśipu
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eyes and moistening the child's smiling face, he spoke to his son as follows.
PURPORT
If a child or disciple falls at the feet of the father or spiritual master, the superior responds by smelling the head of the subordinate.
TEXT 22
हिरण्यकशिपुरुवाच
प्रह्लादानूच्यतां तात स्वधीतं किञ्चिदुत्तमम् ।
कालेनैतावतायुष्मन् यदशिक्षद्गुरोर्भवान्॥२२॥
hiraṇyakaśipur uvāca prahrādānūcyatām tāta svadhītam kiñcid uttamam kālenaitāvatāyuṣman yad aśikṣad guror bhavān
hiraṇyakaśipuḥ uvāca —King Hiraṇyakaśipu said;  prahrāda —my dear Prahlāda;  anūcyatām —let it be told;  tāta —my dear son;  svadhītam —well learned;  kiñcit —something;  uttamam —very nice;  kālena etāvatā —for so much time;  āyuṣman —O long-lived one;  yat —which;  aśikṣat —has learned;  guroḥ —from your teachers;  bhavān —yourself.
TRANSLATION
Hiraṇyakaśipu said: My dear Prahlāda, my dear son, O long-lived one, for so much time you have heard many things from your teachers. Now please repeat to me whatever you think is the best of that knowledge.
PURPORT
In this verse, Hiraṇyakaśipu inquires from his son what he has learned from his  guru . Prahlāda Mahārāja's  gurus  were of two kinds—