224 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 7, Ch. 5

faithful to the camp of his father’s enemies, Hiranyakasipu, the
King of the demons, heard Prahlada’s words and he laughingly
said, ‘Thus is the intelligence of children spoiled by the words of
the enemy.”

PURPORT

Hiranyakasipu, being a demon, would always consider Lord Visnu and
His devotees to be his enemies. Therefore the word para-paksa (“‘on the
side of the enemy”) is used here. Hiranyakaéipu never agreed with the
words of Visnu, or Krsna. Rather, he was angered by the intelligence of a
Vaisnava. Lord Visnu, Lord Krsna, says, sarva-dharman parityajya
mam ekam Ssaranam vraja—“Give up all other duties and surrender
unto Me”—but demons like Hiranyakasipu never agree to do this.
Therefore Krsna says:

na mam duskrtino midhah
prapadyante narddhamah

mayayapahrta-jniana
dsuram bhavam 4sritah

“Those miscreants who are grossly foolish, lowest among mankind,
whose knowledge is stolen by illusion, and who partake of the atheistic
nature of demons, do not surrender unto Me.” (Bg. 7.15) The asura-
bhava, the atheistic nature, is directly represented by Hiranyakasipu.
Such persons, being midha and narddhama—fools and rascals, the
lowest of men—would never accept Visnu as the Supreme and surrender
to Him. Hiranyakasipu naturally became increasingly angry that his son
Prahlada was being influenced by the camp of the enemies. He therefore
asked that saintly persons like Narada not be allowed within the residen-
tial quarters of his son, for otherwise Prahlada would be further spoiled
by Vaisnava instructions.

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