Text 30] Hiranyakasipu Terrorizes the Universe 195

scendental loving service.’” Whether one is a karmi, jfidni or yogi, if one
wants a particular benediction fulfilled, even if it be material, one should
approach the Supreme Lord and pray to Him, for then it will be fulfilled.
There is no need to approach any demigod separately for the fulfillment
of any desire.

TEXT 30
TA AIT GAIA WAM: |
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tasya daitya-pateh putrdas
catvarah paramddbhutah

prahrdado ’bhiin mahams tesarn
gunair mahad-upasakah

tasya—of him (Hiranyakagipu); daitya-pateh—the King of the
Daityas; putrah—sons; catvdrah—four; parama-adbhutah—very
qualified and wonderful; prahraédah—the one named Prahlada; abhiit—
was; mahan—the greatest; tesdm—of all of them; gunaih—with tran-
scendental qualities; mahat-updsakah —being an unalloyed devotee of
the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

TRANSLATION

Hiranyakasipu had four wonderful, well-qualified sons, of
whom the one named Prahlada was the best. Indeed, Prahlada was
a reservoir of all transcendental qualities because he was an
unalloyed devotee of the Personality of Godhead.

PURPORT

yasyasti bhaktir bhagavaty akificana
sarvair gunais tatra samdsate surah

“In one who has unflinching devotional faith in Krsna, all the good
qualities of Krsna and the demigods are consistently manifest.”
