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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 7, Ch. 9]
khaḍgaṁ pragṛhya yad avocad asad-vidhitsus tvām īśvaro mad-aparo 'vatu kaṁ harāmi
mat-prāṇa-rakṣaṇam—saving my life; ananta—O unlimited one, reservoir of unlimited transcendental qualities; pituḥ—of my father; vadhaḥ ca—and killing; manye—I consider; sva-bhṛtya—of Your unalloyed servants; ṛṣi-vākyam—and the words of the great saint Nārada; ṛtam—true; vidhātum—to prove; khaḍgam—sword; pragṛhya—taking in hand; yat—since; avocat—my father said; asat-vidhitsuḥ—desiring to act very impiously; tvām—You; īśvaraḥ—any supreme controller; mat-aparaḥ—other than me; avatu—let him save; kam—your head; harāmi—I shall now separate.
TRANSLATION
My Lord, O unlimited reservoir of transcendental qualities, You have killed my father, Hiraṇyakaśipu, and saved me from his sword. He had said very angrily, “If there is any supreme controller other than me, let Him save you. I shall now sever your head from your body.” Therefore I think that both in saving me and in killing him, You have acted just to prove true the words of Your devotee. There is no other cause.
PURPORT
In  Bhagavad-gītā  (9.29) the Lord says:
samo 'haṁ sarva-bhūteṣu na me dveṣyo 'sti na priyaḥ ye bhajanti tu māṁ bhaktyā mayi te teṣu cāpy aham
The Supreme Personality of Godhead is undoubtedly equal to everyone. He has no friend and no enemy, but as one desires benefits from the Lord, the Lord is very pleased to award them. The lower and higher positions of different living entities are due to their desires, for the Lord, being equal to all, fulfills everyone's desires. The killing of Hiraṇyakaśipu and saving of Prahlāda Mahārāja also strictly followed this law of the supreme controller's activities. When Prahlāda's mother,