Text 9] What Prahlada Learned in the Womb 47
TRANSLATION
Narada Muni said: O Indra, King of the demigods, this woman is
certainly sinless. You should not drag her off in this merciless way.
O greatly fortunate one, this chaste woman is the wife of another.
You must immediately release her.
TEXT 9
NEA SUT
ARIS St artafive gles: |
area qaered aah Ta 8
Sri-indra uvdaca
aste ‘sya jathare viryam
avisahyam sura-dvisah
dsyatam yavat prasavam
moksye ’rtha-padavirn gatah
Sri-indrah uvaca—King Indra said; aste—there is; asyah—of her;
jathare—within the abdomen; viryam—the seed; avisahyam—intolera-
ble; sura-dvisah—of the enemy of the demigods; dsyatam—let her
remain (in our prison); ydévat—until; prasavam—the delivery of the
child; moksye—I shall release; artha-padavim—the path of my object;
gatah—obtained.
TRANSLATION
King Indra said: In the womb of this woman, the wife of the
demon Hiranyakasipn, is the seed of that great demon. Therefore,
let her remain in our custody until her child is delivered, and then
we shall release her.
PURPORT
Indra, the King of heaven, decided to arrest Prahlada Maharaja’s
mother because he thought that another demon, another Hiranyakasipu,
was within her womb. The best course, he thought, was to kill the child
when the child was born, and then the woman could be released.
