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Prahlāda Pacifies the Lord with Prayers
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Hiraṇyakaśipu's wife, Kayādhu, was under the protection of Nārada, she prayed for the protection of her son from the enemy, and Nārada Muni gave assurance that Prahlāda Mahārāja would always be saved from the enemy's hands. Thus when Hiraṇyakaśipu was going to kill Prahlāda Mahārāja, the Lord saved Prahlāda to fulfill His promise in  Bhagavad-gītā  ( kaunteya pratijānīhi na me bhaktaḥ praṇaśyati ) and to prove true the words of Nārada. The Lord can fulfill many purposes through one action. Thus the killing of Hiraṇyakaśipu and the saving of Prahlāda were enacted simultaneously to prove the truthfulness of the Lord's devotee and the fidelity of the Lord Himself to His own purpose. The Lord acts only to satisfy the desires of His devotees; otherwise He has nothing to do. As confirmed in the Vedic language,  na tasya kāryam karaṇam ca vidyate : the Lord has nothing to do personally, for everything is done through His different potencies ( parāsya śaktir vividhaiva śrūyate ). The Lord has multifarious energies, through which everything is done. Thus when He personally does something, it is only to satisfy His devotee. The Lord is known as  bhakta-vatsala  because He very much favors His devoted servant.
TEXT 30
एकस्त्वमेव जगदेतमप्रुष्य यत् त्व-
माधन्तयोः पृथगवस्यसि मध्यतश्च ।
सृष्ट्वा गुणव्यतिकरं निजमाययेदं
नानेव तैरवसितस्तदनुप्रविष्टः ॥३०॥
ekas tvam eva jagad etam amuṣya yat tvam ādy-antayoḥ pṛthag avasyasi madhyataś ca sṛṣṭvā guṇa-vyatikaram nija-māyayedam nāneva tair avasitas tad anupraviṣṭaḥ
ekaḥ —one;  tvam —You;  eva —only;  jagat —the cosmic manifestation;  etam —this;  amuṣya —of that (the whole universe);  yat —since;  tvam —You;  ādi —in the beginning;  antayoḥ —at the end;  pṛthak —separately;  avasyasi —exist (as the cause);  madhyataḥ ca —also in the middle (the duration between the beginning and end);  sṛṣṭvā —creating;  guṇa-vyatikaram —the transformation of the three modes of material nature;