Text 36] Prahlada, the Saintly Son of Hiranyakasipu 275

Hiranyaksa; pddau—at the two feet; yah—he who; visnoh—of Lord

Visnu; ddasa-vat—like a servant; arcati—serves.

TRANSLATION

This boy Prahlada is the killer of my brother, for he has given
up his family to engage in the devotional service of the enemy,
Lord Visnu, like a menial servant.

PURPORT

Hiranyakasipu considered his son Prahlada Maharaja to be the killer
of his brother because Prahlada Maharaja was engaged in the devotional
service of Lord Visnu. In other words, Prahlada Maharaja would be ele-
vated to sdripya liberation, and in that sense he resembled Lord Visnu.
Therefore Prahlada was to be killed by Hiranyakasipu. Devotees,
Vaisnavas, attain the liberations of sadriipya, sdlokya, sdrsti and samipya,
whereas the Mayavadis are supposed to attain the liberation known as
sdyujya. Sdyujya-mukti, however, is not very secure, whereas sariipya-
mukti, sdlokya-mukti, sdrsti-mukti and sdmipya-mukti are most certain.
Although the servants of Lord Visnu, Narayana, in the Vaikuntha
planets are equally situated with the Lord, the devotees there know very
well that the Lord is the master whereas they are servants.

TEXT 36

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visnor va sddhv asau kim nu
karisyaty asamafjasah

sauhrdarh dustyajam pitror
ahad yah pafica-hayanah

visnoh—unto Visnu; va—either; sadhu—good; asau—this; kim—
whether; nu—indeed; karisyati—will do; asamanjasah—not trustwor-
thy; sauhrdam—affectionate relationship; dustyajam—difficult to
