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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 7, Ch. 9]
Prahlāda Mahārāja's prayers and wanted to give him benedictions by which Prahlāda could procure all kinds of material facilities. Prahlāda Mahārāja, however, was not misled by material facilities. Rather, he wanted to remain always a servant of the servant of the Lord.
TEXT 1
श्रीनारद उवाच
एवं सुरादयः सर्वे ब्रह्मरुद्रपुरःसराः । नोपैतुमशकन्मन्युसंरम्भं सुदुरासदम् ॥ १ ॥
śrī-nārada uvāca evam surādayaḥ sarve brahma-rudra-puraḥ sarāḥ nopaitum aśakan manyu- saṁrambhaṁ sudurāsadam
śrī-nāradaḥ uvāca—the great saintly sage Nārada Muni said;  evam —thus;  sura-ādayaḥ —the groups of demigods;  sarve —all;  brahma-rudra-puraḥ sarāḥ —represented by Lord Brahmā and Lord Śiva;  na —not;  upaitum —to go before the Lord;  aśakan —able;  manyu-saṁrambham —in a completely angry mood;  su-durāsadam —very difficult to approach (Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva).
TRANSLATION
The great saint Nārada Muni continued: The demigods, headed by Lord Brahmā, Lord Śiva and other great demigods, dared not come forward before the Lord, who at that time was extremely angry.
PURPORT
Śrīla Narottama dāsa Thākura has sung in his  Prema-bhakti-candrikā , ' krodha' bhakta-dveṣi-jane : anger should be used to punish a demon who is envious of devotees.  Kāma ,  krodha ,  lobha ,  moha ,  mada  and  mātsarya —lust, anger, greed, illusion, pride and envy—all have their proper use for the Supreme Personality of Godhead and His devotee. A