Text 4] Prahlada Pacifies the Lord with Prayers 187

prahradam presayam asa
brahmavasthitam antike
tata prasamayopehi
sva-pitre kupitam prabhum

prahradam—Prahlada Maharaja; presayam dsa—requested;
brahma—Lord Brahma; avasthitam—being situated; antike—very
near; (@ta—my dear son; prasamaya—just try to appease; upehi—go
near; sva-pitre—because of your father’s demoniac activities;
kupitam—greatly angered; prabhum—the Lord.

TRANSLATION

Thereafter Lord Brahma requested Prahlada Maharaja, who was
standing very near him: My dear son, Lord Nrsitnhadeva is ex-
tremely angry at your demoniac father. Please go forward and ap-
pease the Lord.

TEXT 4

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tatheti sanakai rajan
mahda-bhagavato ’rbhakah

upetya bhuvi kayena
nanama vidhrtanjalih

tatha—so be it; iti—thus accepting the words of Lord Brahma;
Sanakaih—very slowly; rajan—O King (Yudhisthira); maha-
bhagavatah—the great, exalted devotee (Prahlada Maharaja);
arbhakah—although only a small boy; upetya—gradually going near;
bhuvi—on the ground; kayena—by his body; nanéma—offered re-
spectful obeisances; vidhrta-anjalih—folding his hands.

TRANSLATION

Narada Muni continued: O King, although the exalted devotee
Prahlada Maharaja was only a little boy, he accepted Lord Brahma’s
