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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Texts 7.10.15-17

श्रीप्रह्राद उवाच

वरं वरय एतत्ते वरदेशान्महेश्वर ।

यदनिन्दत्पिता मे त्वामविद्वांस्तेज ऐश्वरम् ॥ १५ ॥

विद्धामर्षाशय: साक्षात्सर्वलोकगुरुं प्रभुम् ।

भ्रातृहेति मृषाद‍ृष्टिस्त्वद्भ‍क्ते मयि चाघवान् ॥ १६ ॥

तस्मात्पिता मे पूयेत दुरन्ताद् दुस्तरादघात् ।

पूतस्तेऽपाङ्गसंद‍ृष्टस्तदा कृपणवत्सल ॥ १७ ॥

śrī-prahrāda uvāca

varaṁ varaya etat te

varadeśān maheśvara

yad anindat pitā me

tvām avidvāṁs teja aiśvaram

viddhāmarṣāśayaḥ sākṣāt

sarva-loka-guruṁ prabhum

bhrātṛ-heti mṛṣā-dṛṣṭis

tvad-bhakte mayi cāghavān

tasmāt pitā me pūyeta

durantād dustarād aghāt

pūtas te ’pāṅga-saṁdṛṣṭas

tadā kṛpaṇa-vatsala

Translation

Prahlāda Mahārāja 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.

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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Pray for Mercy Even After Being Hurt

  1. 1

    Prahlāda Mahārāja asks the merciful Supreme Lord to excuse his father’s sinful activities. These included blaspheming the Lord and acting against His devotee.

  2. 2

    Hiraṇyakaśipu had already been purified by contact with the Lord’s lap and His glance. Still, Prahlāda wanted to hear the Lord personally confirm his father’s purification by causeless mercy.

  3. 3

    Despite the suffering his father had imposed upon him, Prahlāda could not forget his father’s affection. As a Vaiṣṇava son, he prayed on his father’s behalf.

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