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Canto 7 · The Science of God · 15 chapters

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Canto 7 · Chapter 5: Prahlāda Mahārāja, the Saintly Son of Hiraṇyakaśipu

7.5.27 7.5.29

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 7.5.28

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees

Who is speaking and story frame

Speaking:The son of Śukrācārya, Hiraṇyakaśipu’s spiritual mastersince 7.5.28inside 3 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King ParīkṣitNārada Muni → Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira

श्रीगुरुपुत्र उवाच

न मत्प्रणीतं न परप्रणीतं

सुतो वदत्येष तवेन्द्रशत्रो ।

नैसर्गिकीयं मतिरस्य राजन्

नियच्छ मन्युं कददा: स्म मा न: ॥ २८ ॥

śrī-guru-putra uvāca

na mat-praṇītaṁ na para-praṇītaṁ

suto vadaty eṣa tavendra-śatro

naisargikīyaṁ matir asya rājan

niyaccha manyuṁ kad adāḥ sma mā naḥ

Translation

The son of Śukrācārya, Hiraṇyakaśipu’s spiritual master, said: O enemy of King Indra, O King! Whatever your son Prahlāda has said was not taught to him by me or anyone else. His spontaneous devotional service has naturally developed in him. Therefore, please give up your anger and do not unnecessarily accuse us. It is not good to insult a brāhmaṇa in this way.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Natural Devotion and Unnecessary Accusations

1
The son of Śukrācārya denied that he or anyone else had taught Prahlāda what he had said.
2
He described Prahlāda’s devotional service as spontaneous and naturally developed.
3
He asked Hiraṇyakaśipu to give up his anger and stop accusing the teachers unnecessarily. He also said that insulting a brāhmaṇa in this way was not good.

How it feels

Threat → Steady faith. A vulnerable child remains inwardly unshaken.

Chapters 5–7 of Canto 7: Prahlāda refuses to abandon his devotion. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Chapter 5: Prahlāda Mahārāja, the Saintly Son of Hiraṇyakaśipu

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Prahlāda Mahārāja replied that a man engrossed in the material consciousness of duality, thinking, “This is mine, and that belongs to my enemy,” should give up his householder life and go to the forest to worship the Supreme Lord. When Hiraṇyakaśipu heard from his son about devotional service, he decided that this small boy had been polluted by some friend in school.

Read the whole chapter summary Back to this verse in chapter 7.5

Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

śrī-guru-putraḥ uvācathe son of Śukrācārya, Hiraṇyakaśipu’s spiritual master, said
nanot
mat-praṇītameducated by me
nanor
para-praṇītameducated by anyone else
sutaḥthe son (Prahlāda)
vadatisays
eṣaḥthis

Key ideas in this verse

The subject this verse serves and the themes it speaks of.

Īśānukathā · The science of God
Who is the Lord, and how do His devotees live? · Subject 7 of 10
Bhakti · Devotion and loving service
How devotion reorganizes desire and action. · Theme in SB 7.5
In this verse: “devotional service”
Vairāgya · Freedom from attachment
Release from possessiveness and false identities. · Theme in SB 7.5
In this verse: “give up”
Rāja-dharma · Devotional leadership
Serving and protecting through responsibility. · Theme in SB 7.5
In this verse: “king”

Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Am I willing to hear an explanation before continuing to blame someone?

Practice

In one disagreement today, let the other person explain before you respond.

The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Śrīla Prabhupāda speaks

His recorded lectures on this verse, and the talks where he quotes it.

2 lectures given on it. Recordings and transcripts on prabhupada.io.

Live this todayNatural Devotion and Unnecessary AccusationsThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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