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The Lord Slays the King of the Demons
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My devotee never perishes.” The Lord requested Arjuna to declare this instead of declaring it Himself because sometimes Kṛṣṇa changes His view and therefore people might not believe Him. Thus Kṛṣṇa asked Arjuna to declare that a devotee of the Lord is never vanquished.
Hiraṇyakaśipu was perplexed about how his five-year-old boy could be so fearless that he did not care for the order of his very great and powerful father. A devotee cannot execute the order of anyone except the Supreme Personality of Godhead. This is the position of a devotee. Hiraṇyakaśipu could understand that this boy must have been very powerful, since the boy did not heed his orders. Hiraṇyakaśipu asked his son,  kim balaḥ : “How have you overcome my order? By whose strength have you done this?”
TEXT 7
श्रीप्रह्लाद उवाच 
  न केवलं मे भवतश्च राजन् 
  स वै बलं वलिनां चापरेषाम् । 
  परेऽवरेऽमी स्थिरजङ्गमा ये 
  ब्रह्मादयो येन नशं प्रणीताः ॥ ७ ॥
śrī-prahrāda uvāca 
  na kevalam me bhavataś ca rājan 
  sa vai balam balinām cāpareṣām 
  pare 'vare 'mī sthira-jaṅgamā ye 
  brahmādayo yena vaśam praṇītāḥ
śrī-prahrādaḥ uvāca—Prahlāda Mahārāja replied;  na —not;  kevalam —only;  me —of me;  bhavataḥ —of yourself;  ca —and;  rājan —O great King;  saḥ —he;  vai —indeed;  balam —strength;  balinām —of the strong;  ca —and;  apareṣām —of others;  pare —exalted;  avare —subordinate;  amī —those;  sthira-jaṅgamāḥ —moving or nonmoving living entities;  ye —who;  brahma-ādayaḥ —beginning from Lord Brahmā;  yena —by whom;  vaśam —under control;  praṇītāḥ —brought.
TRANSLATION
Prahlāda Mahārāja said: My dear King, the source of my strength, of which you are asking, is also the source of yours.