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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 7, Ch. 8]
devotion to God is but an opiate, a kind of illusion, like the illusions derived from LSD and opium. Hiraṇyakaśipu did not believe Prahlāda Mahārāja when Prahlāda asserted that his Lord is present everywhere. Because Hiraṇyakaśipu, as a typical demon, was convinced that there is no God and that no one could protect Prahlāda, he felt encouraged to kill his son. He challenged the idea that the devotee is always protected by the Supreme Lord.
TEXT 14
एवं दुरुक्तेर्मुहुरर्दयन्त्रुषा 
  सुतं महाभागवतं महासुरः । 
  खड्गं प्रगृह्योत्पतितो वरासनात् 
  स्तम्भं तताडातिबलः स्वग्रुष्टिना ॥१४॥
evam duruktair muhur ardayan ruṣā 
  sutam mahā-bhāgavatam mahāsuraḥ 
  khaḍgam pragrhyotpatito varāsanāt 
  stambham tatāḍātibalaḥ sva-muṣṭinā
evam—thus; duruktaiḥ—by harsh words; muhuḥ—constantly; ardayan—chastising; ruṣā—with unnecessary anger; sutam—his son; mahā-bhāgavatam—who was a most exalted devotee; mahā-asuraḥ—Hiraṇyakaśipu, the great demon; khaḍgam—sword; pragrhya—taking up; utpatitaḥ—having gotten up; vara-āsanāt—from his exalted throne; stambham—the column; tatāḍa—struck; ati-balaḥ—very strong; sva-muṣṭinā—by his fist.
TRANSLATION
Being obsessed with anger, Hiraṇyakaśipu, who was very great in bodily strength, thus chastised his exalted devotee-son Prahlāda with harsh words. Cursing him again and again, Hiraṇyakaśipu took up his sword, got up from his royal throne, and with great anger struck his fist against the column.
TEXT 15
तदैव तस्मिन् निनदोऽतिमीषणो 
  बभूव येनाष्टकटाहमर्षुटत् ।