Text 44] Prahlāda, the Saintly Son of Hiraṇyakaśipu
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prayāse 'pahate tasmin daityendraḥ pariśaṅkitaḥ cakāra tad-vadhopāyān nirbandhena yudhiṣṭhira
prayāse—when the endeavor; apahate—futile; tasmin—that; daitya-indraḥ—the King of the demons, Hiraṇyakaśipu; pariśaṅkitaḥ—very much afraid (considering how the boy was protected); cakāra—executed; tat-vadha-upāyān—various means for killing him; nirbandhena—with determination; yudhiṣṭhira—O King Yudhiṣṭhira.
TRANSLATION
My dear King Yudhiṣṭhira, when all the attempts of the demons to kill Prahlāda Mahārāja were futile, the King of the demons, Hiraṇyakaśipu, being most fearful, began contriving other means to kill him.
TEXTS 43-44
दिग्गजेर्दन्दश्केन्द्रैरभिचारावपातनैः । मायाभिः संनिरोधैश्च गरदानैरभोजनैः ॥४३॥ हिमवाय्वग्निसलिलैः पर्वताक्रमणैरपि । न शशाक यदा हन्तुमपापमसुरः सुतम् । चिन्तां दीर्घतमां प्राप्तस्तत्कर्तुं नाम्यपद्यत ॥४४॥
dig-gajair dandaśūkendrair abhicārāvapātanaiḥ māyābhiḥ sannirodhaiś ca gara-dānair abhojanaiḥ
hima-vāyv-agni-salilaiḥ parvatākramaṇair api na śaśāka yadā hantum apāpam asuraḥ sutam cintāṁ dīrghatamāṁ prāptas tat-kartuṁ nābhyapadyata