Text 36] Prahlada, the Best Among Exalted Devotees 317

evam—in this way; ca—also; parsadau—the two personal associates;
visnoh—of Lord Visnu; putratvam—becoming the sons; prapitau—hav-
ing gotten; diteh—of Diti; hrdi—within the core of the heart; sthitena—
being situated; harind—by the Supreme Lord; vaira-bhavena—by con-
ceiving as an enemy; tau—both of them; hatau—were killed.

TRANSLATION

Thus the two associates of Lord Visnu who had become
Hiranyaksa and HiranyakaSsipu, the sons of Diti, were both killed.
By illusion they had thought that the Supreme Lord, who is situ-
ated in everyone’s heart, was their enemy.

PURPORT

The discourse concerning Lord Nrsirnhadeva and Prahlada Maharaja
began when Maharaja Yudhisthira asked Narada how Sisupala had
merged into the body of Krsna. Sisupala and Dantavakra were the same
Hiranydksa and Hiranyakasipu. Here Narada Muni is relating how in
three different births the associates of Lord Visnu were killed by Lord
Visnu Himself. First they were the demons Hiranyaksa and
Hiranyakasipu.

TEXT 36
gaa frnta aga at vag: |
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seraoicaiat att at ceafaea: 188
punas ca vipra-saépena
raksasau tau babhivatuh
kumbhakarna-dasa-grivau
hatau tau rama-vikramaih

punah—again; ca—also; vipra-sd4pena—being cursed by the
brahmanas; radksasau—the two Raksasas; tau—both of them;
babhiivatuh—incarnated as; kumbhakarna-dasa-grivau—known as
Kumbhakarna and the ten-headed Ravana (in their next birth); hatau—
they also were killed; tau—both of them; rdma-vikramaih—by the ex-
traordinary strength of Lord Ramacandra.
