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1Chant the verse. Say the Sanskrit slowly and carefully.
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3Find the meaning yourself. Before the translation, piece the meaning together from the words.
4Read the translation. Ask: what is the Lord teaching here, and how does it apply to my life?
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6Write down what touched you. Note the main points in your own notebook.

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

7.5.32 7.5.34

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 7.5.33

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees

Who is speaking and story frame

Speaking:Prahlāda Mahārājasince 7.5.30inside 3 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King ParīkṣitNārada Muni → Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira

इत्युक्त्वोपरतं पुत्रं हिरण्यकशिपू रुषा ।

अन्धीकृतात्मा स्वोत्सङ्गान्निरस्यत महीतले ॥ ३३ ॥

ity uktvoparataṁ putraṁ

hiraṇyakaśipū ruṣā

andhīkṛtātmā svotsaṅgān

nirasyata mahī-tale

Translation

After Prahlāda Mahārāja had spoken in this way and become silent, Hiraṇyakaśipu, blinded by anger, threw him off his lap and onto the ground.

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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.

Anger Can Blind a Parent

1
After speaking, Prahlāda Mahārāja became silent.
2
Hiraṇyakaśipu was blinded by anger at his son’s words.
3
He threw Prahlāda from his lap onto the ground. His anger turned into violence against his own child.

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:

Thus the King of the demons, Hiraṇyakaśipu, being extremely angry, chastised the teachers, Ṣaṇḍa and Amarka, for having wrongly trained Prahlāda Mahārāja. The so-called teachers informed the King that Prahlāda Mahārāja was automatically a devotee and did not listen to their instructions.

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

Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

itithus
uktvāspeaking
uparatamstopped
putramthe son
hiraṇyakaśipuḥHiraṇyakaśipu
ruṣāwith great anger
andhīkṛta-ātmāmade blind to self-realization
sva-utsaṅgātfrom his lap
nirasyatathrew
mahī-taleupon the ground

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
Vātsalya · Parental affection
Affection and protective concern for the Lord as a child. · Theme in SB 7.5
In this verse: “child”

Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does anger affect the way I respond to words I do not want to hear?

Practice

If a conversation angers you today, pause silently before responding.

The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayAnger Can Blind a ParentThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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