230 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 7, Ch. 9
khadgam pragrhya yad avocad asad-vidhitsus
tvdm isvaro mad-aparo "vatu karh hardmi
mat-pradna-raksanam—saving my life; ananta—O unlimited one,
reservoir of unlimited transcendental qualities; pituh—of my father;
vadhah ca—and killing; manye—I consider; sva-bhrtya—of Your
unalloyed servants; rsi-vdkyam—and the words of the great saint
Narada; rtam—true; vidhatum—to prove; khadgam—sword;
pragrhya—taking in hand; yat—since; avocat—my father said; asat-
vidhitsuh—desiring to act very impiously; tud@m—You; isvarah—any
supreme controller; mat-aparah—other than me; avatu—let him save;
kam—your head; hardmi—I shall now separate.
TRANSLATION
My Lord, O unlimited reservoir of transcendental qualities, You
have killed my father, Hiranyakasipu, and saved me from his
sword. He had said very angrily, “If there is any supreme con-
troller other than me, let Him save you. I shall now sever your
head from your body.” Therefore I think that both in saving me
and in killing him, You have acted just to prove true the words of
Your devotee. There is no other cause.
PURPORT
In Bhagavad-gita (9.29) the Lord says:
samo "ham sarva-bhiitesu
na me dvesyo ’sti na priyah
ye bhajanti tu.mam bhaktya
mayi te tesu capy aham
The Supreme Personality of Godhead is undoubtedly equal to everyone.
He has no friend and no enemy, but as one desires benefits from the
Lord, the Lord is very pleased to award them. The lower and higher posi-
tions of different living entities are due to their desires, for the Lord,
being equal to all, fulfills everyone’s desires. The killing of
Hiranyakasipu and saving of Prahlada Maharaja also strictly followed
this law of the supreme controller’s activities. When Prahlada’s mother,
