Text 9]
What Prahlāda Learned in the Womb
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TRANSLATION
Nārada Muni said: O Indra, King of the demigods, this woman is certainly sinless. You should not drag her off in this merciless way. O greatly fortunate one, this chaste woman is the wife of another. You must immediately release her.
TEXT 9
श्रीइन्द्र उवाच
आस्तेऽस्या जठरे वीर्यमविषहं सुरद्विषः ।
आस्यतां यावत्प्रसवं मोक्ष्येऽर्थपदवीं गतः ॥ ९ ॥
śrī-indra uvāca 
    āste 'syā jathare vīryam 
    aviṣahyam sura-dviṣaḥ 
    āsyatām yāvat prasavam 
    mokṣye 'rtha-padavīm gataḥ
śrī-indraḥ uvāca—King Indra said; āste—there is; asyāḥ—of her; jathare—within the abdomen; vīryam—the seed; aviṣahyam—intolerable; sura-dviṣaḥ—of the enemy of the demigods; āsyatām—let her remain (in our prison); yāvat—until; prasavam—the delivery of the child; mokṣye—I shall release; artha-padavīm—the path of my object; gataḥ—obtained.
TRANSLATION
King Indra said: In the womb of this woman, the wife of the demon Hiraṇyakaśipu, is the seed of that great demon. Therefore, let her remain in our custody until her child is delivered, and then we shall release her.
PURPORT
Indra, the King of heaven, decided to arrest Prahlāda Mahārāja's mother because he thought that another demon, another Hiraṇyakaśipu, was within her womb. The best course, he thought, was to kill the child when the child was born, and then the woman could be released.