278 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 7, Ch. 5
sarvaih—by all; updyaih—means; hantavyah—must be killed;
sambhoja—by eating; sSayana—lying down; dsanaih —by sitting; suhrt-
linga-dharah—who has assumed the role of a friend; Satruh—an
enemy; muneh—of a great sage; dustam—uncontrollable; iva—like;
indriyam—the senses.
TRANSLATION
Just as uncontrolled senses are the enemies of all yogis engaged
in advancing in spiritual life, this Prahlada, who appears to be a
friend, is an enemy because I cannot control him. Therefore this
enemy, whether eating, sitting or sleeping, must be killed by all
means.
PURPORT
Hiranyakasipu planned a campaign to kill Prahlada Maharaja. He
would kill his son by administering poison to him while he was eating, by
making him sit in boiling oil, or by throwing him under the feet of an
elephant while he was lying down. Thus Hiranyakasipu decided to kill
his innocent child, who was only five years old, simply because the boy
had become a devotee of the Lord. This is the attitude of nondevotees
toward devotees.
TEXTS 39-40
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Aaared TARE AAT a TST: |
fratearerearmarrare: RSI
AGMA art fosfea fredtfa anes)
anit Wer TS: Mee TIAY lIvoll
nairrtds te samdadista
bhartra vai Ssila-panayah
tigma-damstra-karalasyds
tamra-smasru-siroruhah
nadanto bhairavam nadam
chindhi bhindhiti vadinah
dsinam cahanan Silaih
prahradam sarva-marmasu
