60 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 7, Ch. 2
Hiranyakasipu quoted to his nephews. Hiranyakasipu related an account
of a kulirnga bird pierced by the arrow of a hunter while lamenting for
his wife, who had also been shot by the same hunter. By narrating these
stories, Hiranyakasipu pacified his nephews and other relatives and
relieved them of lamentation. Thus having been pacified, Diti and
Rusabhanu, Hiranyakasipu’s mother and sister-in-law, engaged their
minds in spiritual understanding.
TEXT 1
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Sri-naérada uvaca
bhratary evar vinihate
harina kroda-mirtina
hiranyakasipii rajan
paryatapyad rusda suca
Sri-naradah uvaca—Sri Narada Muni said; bhratari—when the
brother (Hiranyaksa); evam—thus; vinihate—was killed; harinad—by
Hari; kroda-miirtinad—in the form of the boar, Varaha; hiranya-
kasipuh—Hiranyakasipu; rajan—O King; paryatapyat—was afflicted;
rusd—by anger; Sucd—by grief.
TRANSLATION
Sri Narada Muni said: My dear King Yudhisthira, when Lord
Visnu, in the form of Varaha, the boar, killed Hiranyaksa,
Hiranyaksa’s brother Hiranyakasipu was extremely angry and
began to lament.
PURPORT
Yudhisthira had inquired from Narada Muni why Hiranyakasipu was
so envious of his own son Prahlada. Narada Muni began narrating the
