302 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 7, Ch. 10
viddha—being polluted; amarsa—with anger; dsayah—within the
heart; saksdt—directly; sarva-loka-gurum—unto the supreme spiritual
master of all living beings; prabhum—unto the supreme master; bhratr-
ha—the killer of his brother; iti—thus; mrsd-drstih—falsely envious
because of a false conception; tvat-bhakte—unto Your devotee; mayi—
unto me; ca—and; agha-vdn—who committed heavily sinful activities;
tasmat—from that; pita—father; me—my; piiyeta—may be purified;
durantat—very great; dustarat—difficult to pass over; aghat—from all
sinful activities; piitah—(although he was) purified; te—of You;
aparga—by the glance over him; sardrstah —being looked at; tada—at
that time; krpana-vatsala—O You who are merciful to the materialistic.
TRANSLATION
Prahlada Maharaja said: O Supreme Lord, because You are so

merciful to the fallen souls, I ask You for only one benediction. I
know that my father, at the time of his death, had already been
purified by Your glance upon him, but because of his ignorance of
Your beautiful power and supremacy, he was unnecessarily angry
at You, falsely thinking that You were the killer of his brother.
Thus he directly blasphemed Your Lordship, the spiritual master
of all living beings, and committed heavily sinful activities
directed against me, Your devotee. I wish that he be excused for
these sinful activities.

PURPORT

Although Hiranyakasipu was purified as soon as he came in contact

with the Lord’s lap and the Lord saw him, Prahlada Maharaja still
wanted to hear from the Lord’s own mouth that his father had been
purified by the Lord’s causeless mercy. Prahlada Maharaja offered this
prayer to the Lord for the sake of his father. As a Vaisnava son, despite
all the inconveniences imposed upon him by his father, he could not
forget his father’s affection.

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