Text 46] Hiranyakasipu Terrorizes the Universe 213

TRANSLATION

Maharaja Yudhisthira further inquired: How was it possible for
a father to be so violent toward an exalted son who was obedient,
well-behaved and respectful to his father? O brahmana, O master,
I have never heard of such a contradiction as an affectionate
father’s punishing his noble son with the intention of killing him.
Kindly dissipate our doubts in this regard.

PURPORT

In the history of human society, an affectionate father is rarely found
to chastise a noble and devoted son. Therefore Maharaja Yudhisthira
wanted Narada Muni to dissipate his doubt.

Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the Seventh Canto, Fourth
Chapter, of the Srimad-Bhagavatam, entitled, “Hiranyakasipu Terrorizes
the Universe.”
