Text 13] The Lord Slays the King of the Demons
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Prahlāda Mahārāja has here been addressed by his father as “the most unfortunate.” Hiraṇyakaśipu thought himself extremely fortunate because he possessed the property of the universe. Prahlāda Mahārāja, his legitimate son, was to have inherited this vast property, but because of his impudence, he was going to die at his father’s hands. Therefore the demoniac father considered Prahlāda the most unfortunate because Prahlāda would not be able to inherit his property. Hiraṇyakaśipu did not know that Prahlāda Mahārāja was the most fortunate person within the three worlds because Prahlāda was protected by the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Such are the misunderstandings of demons. They do not know that a devotee is protected by the Lord in all circumstances ( kaunteya pratijānīhi na me bhaktaḥ praṇaśyati ).
TEXT 13
सोऽहं विक्त्यमानस्य शिरः कायाद्धरामि ते । गोपायेत हरिस्त्वाद्य यस्ते शरणमीप्सितम् ॥१३॥
so 'ham vikatthamānasya śiraḥ kāyād dharāmi te gopāyeta haris tvādya yas te śaraṇam īpsitam
saḥ—he; aham—I; vikatthamānasya—who are speaking such nonsense; śiraḥ—the head; kāyāt—from the body; harāmi—I shall take away; te—of you; gopāyeta—let Him protect; hariḥ—the Supreme Personality of Godhead; tvā—you; adya—now; yaḥ—He who; te—your; śaraṇam—protector; īpsitam—desired.
TRANSLATION
Because you are speaking so much nonsense, I shall now sever your head from your body. Now let me see your most worshipable God come to protect you. I want to see it.
PURPORT
Demons always think that the God of the devotees is fictitious. They think that there is no God and that the so-called religious feeling of