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

7.5.48 7.5.50

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 7.5.49

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

जितं त्वयैकेन जगत्‍त्रयं भ्रुवोर्

विजृम्भणत्रस्तसमस्तधिष्ण्यपम् ।

न तस्य चिन्त्यं तव नाथ चक्ष्वहे

न वै शिशूनां गुणदोषयो: पदम् ॥ ४९ ॥

jitaṁ tvayaikena jagat-trayaṁ bhruvor

vijṛmbhaṇa-trasta-samasta-dhiṣṇyapam

na tasya cintyaṁ tava nātha cakṣvahe

na vai śiśūnāṁ guṇa-doṣayoḥ padam

Translation

O lord, we know that when you simply move your eyebrows, all the commanders of the various planets are most afraid. Without the help of any assistant, you have conquered all the three worlds. Therefore, we do not find any reason for you to be morose and full of anxiety. As for Prahlāda, he is nothing but a child and cannot be a cause of anxiety. After all, his bad or good qualities have no value.

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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.

The Advisers Dismiss Prahlāda’s Significance

1
The advisers reminded Hiraṇyakaśipu that the commanders of the planets feared even the movement of his eyebrows.
2
They praised him for conquering the three worlds without assistance and said they saw no reason for his anxiety.
3
They dismissed Prahlāda as merely a child, saying that his good or bad qualities had no value. This was their assessment of him.

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:

Hiraṇyakaśipu therefore became increasingly afraid of his son Prahlāda Mahārāja and arrested him. The sons of Hiraṇyakaśipu’s spiritual master, Śukrācārya, began teaching Prahlāda in their own way, but Prahlāda Mahārāja did not accept 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.

jitamconquered
tvayāby you
ekenaalone
jagat-trayamthe three worlds
bhruvoḥof the eyebrows
vijṛmbhaṇaby the expanding
trastabecome afraid
samastaall

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
Abhaya · Fearlessness
Steadiness through faith amid danger and death. · Theme in SB 7.5
In this verse: “afraid”, “feared”
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

Do I dismiss someone’s qualities simply because that person is young?

Practice

Notice one good quality in a younger person today without dismissing it because of age.

The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayThe Advisers Dismiss Prahlāda’s SignificanceThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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