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Prahlāda Pacifies the Lord with Prayers
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devotee of the Lord cannot tolerate blasphemy of the Lord or His other devotees, and the Lord also cannot tolerate blasphemy of a devotee. Thus Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva was so very angry that the great demigods like Lord Brahmā and Lord Śiva and even the goddess of fortune, who is the Lord's constant companion, could not pacify Him, even after offering prayers of glorification and praise. No one was able to pacify the Lord in His anger, but because the Lord was willing to exhibit His affection for Prahlāda Mahārāja, all the demigods and the others present before the Lord pushed Prahlāda Mahārāja forward to pacify Him.
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साक्षात् श्रीः प्रेषिता देवैर्दृष्ट्वा तं महदद्भुतम् । अदृष्टाश्रुतपूर्वत्वात् सा नोपेयाय शङ्किता ॥ २ ॥
sākṣāt śrīḥ preṣitā devair dṛṣṭvā taṁ mahad adbhutam adṛṣṭāśruta-pūrvatvāt sā nopeyāya śaṅkitā
sākṣāt —directly;  śrīḥ —the goddess of fortune;  preṣitā —being requested to go forward before the Lord;  devaiḥ —by all the demigods (headed by Lord Brahmā and Lord Śiva);  dṛṣṭvā —after seeing;  tam —Him (Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva);  mahat —very big;  adbhutam —wonderful;  adṛṣṭa —never seen;  aśruta —never heard of;  pūrvatvāt —due to being previously;  sā —the goddess of fortune, Lakṣmī;  na —not;  upeyāya —went before the Lord;  śaṅkitā —being very much afraid.
TRANSLATION
The goddess of fortune, Lakṣmīji, was requested to go before the Lord by all the demigods present, who because of fear could not do so. But even she had never seen such a wonderful and extraordinary form of the Lord, and thus she could not approach Him.
PURPORT
The Lord has unlimited forms and bodily features ( advaitam acyutam anādim ananta-rūpam ). These are all situated in Vaikuṇṭha, yet