Text 10] Prahlada, the Saintly Son of Hiranyakasipu 227
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vatsa prahrada bhadram te
satyam kathaya ma mrsa@
balan ati kutas tubhyam
esa buddhi-viparyayah

vatsa—O dear son; prahréda—Prahlada; bhadram te—all blessings
and good fortune unto you; satyam—the truth; kathaya—speak; ma—
do not; mrsd—a lie; balan ati—passing over the other demon boys;
kutah—from where; tubhyam—unto you; esah—this; buddhi—of the
intelligence; viparyayah—pollution.

TRANSLATION

Dear son Prahlada, all peace and good fortune unto you. Kindly
do not speak lies; just reply with the truth. These boys you see are
not like you, for they do not speak in a deviant way. How have you
learned these instructions? How has your intelligence been
spoiled in this way?

PURPORT

Prahlada Maharaja was still a boy, and therefore his teachers thought
that if they pacified the little boy he would immediately speak the truth,
revealing the secret of how the Vaisnavas came there to teach him lessons
in devotional service. It was surprising, of course, that in the same school
the other boys of the Daityas were not polluted; only Prahlada Maharaja
was supposedly polluted by the instructions of the Vaisnavas. The main
duty of the teachers was to inquire who those Vaisnavas were that came
to teach Prahlada and spoil his intelligence.

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