Text 36] Prahlāda, the Saintly Son of Hiraṇyakaśipu
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Hiraṇyākṣa;  pādau —at the two feet;  yaḥ —he who;  viṣṇoḥ —of Lord Viṣṇu;  dāsa-vat —like a servant;  arcati —serves.
TRANSLATION
This boy Prahlāda is the killer of my brother, for he has given up his family to engage in the devotional service of the enemy, Lord Viṣṇu, like a menial servant.
PURPORT
Hiraṇyakaśipu considered his son Prahlāda Mahārāja to be the killer of his brother because Prahlāda Mahārāja was engaged in the devotional service of Lord Viṣṇu. In other words, Prahlāda Mahārāja would be elevated to  sārūpya  liberation, and in that sense he resembled Lord Viṣṇu. Therefore Prahlāda was to be killed by Hiraṇyakaśipu. Devotees, Vaiṣṇavas, attain the liberations of  sārūpya ,  sālokya ,  sārṣṭi  and  sāmīpya , whereas the Māyāvādis are supposed to attain the liberation known as  sāyujya .  Sāyujya-mukti , however, is not very secure, whereas  sārūpya-mukti ,  sālokya-mukti ,  sārṣṭi-mukti  and  sāmīpya-mukti  are most certain. Although the servants of Lord Viṣṇu, Nārāyaṇa, in the Vaikuṇṭha planets are equally situated with the Lord, the devotees there know very well that the Lord is the master whereas they are servants.
TEXT 36
विष्णोर्वा साध्वसौ किं नु करिष्यत्यसमञ्जसः।
सौहृदं दुस्त्यजं पित्रोरहाद्यः पञ्चहायनः ॥३६॥
viṣṇor vā sādhv asau kiṁ nu kariṣyaty asamañjasaḥ sauhṛdaṁ dustyajaṁ pitror ahād yaḥ pañca-hāyanaḥ
viṣṇoḥ —unto Viṣṇu;  vā —either;  sādhu —good;  asau —this;  kim —whether;  nu —indeed;  kariṣyati —will do;  asamañjasaḥ —not trustworthy;  sauhṛdam —affectionate relationship;  dustyajam —difficult to