Text 7] The Lord Slays the King of the Demons 125

My devotee never perishes.” The Lord requested Arjuna to declare this
instead of declaring it Himself because sometimes Krsna changes His
view and therefore people might not believe Him. Thus Krsna asked Ar-
juna to declare that a devotee of the Lord is never vanquished.
HiranyakaSipu was perplexed about how his five-year-old boy could be
so fearless that he did not care for the order of his very great and power-
ful father. A devotee cannot execute the order of anyone except the
Supreme Personality of Godhead. This is the position of a devotee.
Hiranyakasipu could understand that this boy must have been very
powerful, since the boy did not heed his orders. Hiranyakasipu asked his
son, kim balah: “‘How have you overcome my order? By whose strength

have you done this?”
TEXT 7

TaN Ft TE WitA: | oil

Sri-prahrada uvaca
na kevalam me bhavatas ca rajan
sa vai balam balinam cdparesam
pare ’vare ’mi sthira-jangama ye
brahmddayo yena vasam pranitah

Sri-prahradah uvadca—Prahlada Maharaja_ replied; na—not;
kevalam—only; me—of me; bhavatah—of yourself; ca—and; rajan—
O great King; sah—he; vai—indeed; balam—strength; balinaém—of
the strong; ca—and; aparesam—of others; pare—exalted; avare—
subordinate; ami—those; sthira-jargamah—moving or nonmoving liv-
ing entities; ye—who; brahma-ddayah —beginning from Lord Brahma;
yena—by whom; vasam—under control; pranitah —brought.

TRANSLATION

Prahlada Maharaja said: My dear King, the source of my
strength, of which you are asking, is also the source of yours.
