Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 7 — Chapter 5
SB 7 5.1
श्रीनारद उवाच पौरोहित्याय भगवान् वृतः काव्यः किलासुरैः षण्डामर्कौ सुतौ तस्य दैत्यराजगृहान्तिके
śrīnārada uvāca paurohityāya bhagavān vṛtaḥ kāvyaḥ kilāsuraiḥ ṣaṇḍāmarkau sutau tasya daityarājagṛhāntike
Śrī Nārada said: The lord Kāvya (Śukra) was, it is said, chosen by the demons for the priestly office; his two sons, Ṣaṇḍa and Amarka, (lived) near the palace of the demon king.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 5.2
तौ राज्ञा प्रापितं बालं प्रह्लादं नयकोविदम् पाठयामासतुः पाठ्यान् अन्यांश्चासुरबालकान्
tau rājñā prāpitaṃ bālaṃ prahlādaṃ nayakovidam pāṭhayāmāsatuḥ pāṭhyān anyāṃścāsurabālakān
The two of them taught the boy Prahlāda, who was brought to them by the king and was skilled in right conduct, the lessons to be studied, and the other demon boys as well.
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SB 7 5.3
यत् तत्र गुरुणा प्रोक्तं शुश्रुवे ऽनुपपाठ च न साधु मनसा मेने स्वपरासद्ग्रहाश्रयम्
yat tatra guruṇā proktaṃ śuśruve 'nupapāṭha ca na sādhu manasā mene svaparāsadgrahāśrayam
What the teacher said there he heard and recited back, but in his mind he did not consider it good, since it rested on the false notion of "one's own" and "another's."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 5.4
एकदासुरराट् पुत्रमङ्कमारोप्य पाण्डव पप्रच्छ कथ्यतां वत्स मन्यते साधु यद्भवान्
ekadāsurarāṭ putramaṅkamāropya pāṇḍava papraccha kathyatāṃ vatsa manyate sādhu yadbhavān
Once the demon king set his son on his lap, O Pāṇḍava, and asked: "Tell (me), child, what you consider good."
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SB 7 5.5
श्रीप्रह्लाद उवाच तत् साधु मन्ये ऽसुरवर्य देहिनां सदा समुद्विग्नधियामसद्ग्रहात् हित्वात्मपातं गृहमन्धकूपं वनं गतो यद्धरिमाश्रयेत
śrīprahlāda uvāca tat sādhu manye 'suravarya dehināṃ sadā samudvignadhiyāmasadgrahāt hitvātmapātaṃ gṛhamandhakūpaṃ vanaṃ gato yaddharimāśrayeta
Śrī Prahlāda said: This I consider good, O best of demons, for embodied beings whose minds are always deeply agitated because of clinging to the unreal: that having left home — a blind well, a fall for the self — one should go to the forest and take refuge in Hari.
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SB 7 5.6
श्रीनारद उवाच श्रुत्वा पुत्रगिरो दैत्यः परपक्षसमाहिताः जहास बुद्धिर्बालानां भिद्यते परबुद्धिभिः
śrīnārada uvāca śrutvā putragiro daityaḥ parapakṣasamāhitāḥ jahāsa buddhirbālānāṃ bhidyate parabuddhibhiḥ
Śrī Nārada said: Hearing his son's words, which were concentrated on the enemy's side, the demon laughed: "The minds of children are turned aside by others' minds."
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SB 7 5.7
सम्यग् विधार्यतां बालो गुरुगेहे द्विजातिभिः विष्णुपक्षैः प्रतिच्छन्नैर्न भिद्येतास्य धीर्यथा
samyag vidhāryatāṃ bālo gurugehe dvijātibhiḥ viṣṇupakṣaiḥ praticchannairna bhidyetāsya dhīryathā
"Let the boy be properly guarded in the teacher's house by the twice-born, so that his understanding may not be turned aside by disguised partisans of Viṣṇu."
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SB 7 5.8
गृहमानीतमाहूय प्रह्रादं दैत्ययाजकाः प्रशस्य श्लक्ष्णया वाचा समपृच्छन्त सामभिः
gṛhamānītamāhūya prahrādaṃ daityayājakāḥ praśasya ślakṣṇayā vācā samapṛcchanta sāmabhiḥ
When Prahlāda had been brought home, the priests of the demons summoned him, praised him, and questioned him with gentle speech, with conciliatory words.
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SB 7 5.9
वत्स प्रह्राद भद्रं ते सत्यं कथय मा मृषा बालान् अति कुतस्तुभ्यमेष बुद्धिविपर्ययः
vatsa prahrāda bhadraṃ te satyaṃ kathaya mā mṛṣā bālān ati kutastubhyameṣa buddhiviparyayaḥ
"Child Prahlāda, blessings on you: tell the truth, not a falsehood. Beyond (all) the other boys, from where has this reversal of understanding come to you?
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SB 7 5.10
बुद्धिभेदः परकृत उताहो ते स्वतो ऽभवत् भण्यतां श्रोतुकामानां गुरूणां कुलनन्दन
buddhibhedaḥ parakṛta utāho te svato 'bhavat bhaṇyatāṃ śrotukāmānāṃ gurūṇāṃ kulanandana
Was this corruption of your understanding brought about by another, or did it arise from yourself? Let it be told, O delight of the family, to us, your teachers, who wish to hear."
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SB 7 5.11
श्रीप्रह्राद उवाच परः स्वश्चेत्यसद्ग्राहः पुंसां यन्मायया कृतः विमोहितधियां दृष्टस्तस्मै भगवते नमः
śrīprahrāda uvāca paraḥ svaścetyasadgrāhaḥ puṃsāṃ yanmāyayā kṛtaḥ vimohitadhiyāṃ dṛṣṭastasmai bhagavate namaḥ
Śrī Prahlāda said: Homage to that Lord by whose māyā the false notion "another" and "my own" is produced in men whose minds are deluded — (a notion) that is (now) seen (for what it is).
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SB 7 5.12
स यदानुव्रतः पुंसां पशुबुद्धिर्विभिद्यते अन्य एष तथान्यो ऽहमिति भेदगतासती
sa yadānuvrataḥ puṃsāṃ paśubuddhirvibhidyate anya eṣa tathānyo 'hamiti bhedagatāsatī
When a man becomes devoted to Him, his animal-like understanding is shattered — that unreal notion grounded in difference, 'this one is other, and I am other.'
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 7 5.13
स एष आत्मा स्वपरेत्यबुद्धिभिर् दुरत्ययानुक्रमणो निरूप्यते मुह्यन्ति यद्वर्त्मनि वेदवादिनो ब्रह्मादयो ह्येष भिनत्ति मे मतिम्
sa eṣa ātmā svaparetyabuddhibhir duratyayānukramaṇo nirūpyate muhyanti yadvartmani vedavādino brahmādayo hyeṣa bhinatti me matim
This very Self, whose course is hard to trace, is (mis)defined by those whose notions are 'mine' and 'another's'; on whose path even the reciters of the Veda, Brahmā and the rest, are bewildered — He it is who turns my mind.
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SB 7 5.14
यथा भ्राम्यत्ययो ब्रह्मन् स्वयमाकर्षसन्निधौ तथा मे भिद्यते चेतश्चक्रपाणेर्यदृच्छया
yathā bhrāmyatyayo brahman svayamākarṣasannidhau tathā me bhidyate cetaścakrapāṇeryadṛcchayā
As iron moves of itself in the nearness of a magnet, O brahmin, so my mind is moved by the will of the wielder of the discus.
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SB 7 5.15
श्रीनारद उवाच एतावद्ब्राह्मणायोक्त्वा विरराम महामतिः तं सन्निभर्त्स्य कुपितः सुदीनो राजसेवकः
śrīnārada uvāca etāvadbrāhmaṇāyoktvā virarāma mahāmatiḥ taṃ sannibhartsya kupitaḥ sudīno rājasevakaḥ
Śrī Nārada said: Having said this much to the brahmin, the great-minded one fell silent. The king's servant, angry and much distressed, rebuked him.
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SB 7 5.16
आनीयतामरे वेत्रमस्माकमयशस्करः कुलाङ्गारस्य दुर्बुद्धेश्चतुर्थो ऽस्योदितो दमः
ānīyatāmare vetramasmākamayaśaskaraḥ kulāṅgārasya durbuddheścaturtho 'syodito damaḥ
"Bring the cane, you there! This one is the maker of our infamy. For this evil-minded firebrand of the family, the fourth measure — punishment — is prescribed."
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SB 7 5.17
दैतेयचन्दनवने जातो ऽयं कण्टकद्रुमः यन्मूलोन्मूलपरशोर्विष्णोर्नालायितो ऽर्भकः
daiteyacandanavane jāto 'yaṃ kaṇṭakadrumaḥ yanmūlonmūlaparaśorviṣṇornālāyito 'rbhakaḥ
"In the sandalwood grove of the Daityas this thorn-tree has grown up; the boy has become a handle for Viṣṇu, the axe that uproots our root."
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SB 7 5.18
इति तं विविधोपायैर्भीषयंस्तर्जनादिभिः प्रह्रादं ग्राहयामास त्रिवर्गस्योपपादनम्
iti taṃ vividhopāyairbhīṣayaṃstarjanādibhiḥ prahrādaṃ grāhayāmāsa trivargasyopapādanam
Frightening him thus by various means, by threats and the like, he had Prahlāda taught the securing of the three ends of life.
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SB 7 5.19
तत एनं गुरुर्ज्ञात्वा ज्ञातज्ञेयचतुष्टयम् दैत्येन्द्रं दर्शयामास मातृमृष्टमलङ्कृतम्
tata enaṃ gururjñātvā jñātajñeyacatuṣṭayam daityendraṃ darśayāmāsa mātṛmṛṣṭamalaṅkṛtam
Then the teacher, knowing him to have mastered the four things worth knowing, presented him — cleaned and adorned by his mother — to the lord of the Daityas.
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SB 7 5.20
पादयोः पतितं बालं प्रतिनन्द्याशिषासुरः परिष्वज्य चिरं दोर्भ्यां परमामाप निर्वृतिम्
pādayoḥ patitaṃ bālaṃ pratinandyāśiṣāsuraḥ pariṣvajya ciraṃ dorbhyāṃ paramāmāpa nirvṛtim
Greeting with a blessing the boy who had fallen at his feet, the asura embraced him long with both arms and felt the greatest delight.
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SB 7 5.21
आरोप्याङ्कमवघ्राय मूर्धन्यश्रुकलाम्बुभिः आसिञ्चन् विकसद्वक्त्रमिदमाह युधिष्ठिर
āropyāṅkamavaghrāya mūrdhanyaśrukalāmbubhiḥ āsiñcan vikasadvaktramidamāha yudhiṣṭhira
Setting him on his lap, kissing his head, and sprinkling his beaming face with drops of tears, he said this, O Yudhiṣṭhira.
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SB 7 5.22
हिरण्यकशिपुरुवाच प्रह्रादानूच्यतां तात स्वधीतं किञ्चिदुत्तमम् कालेनैतावतायुष्मन् यदशिक्षद्गुरोर्भवान्
hiraṇyakaśipuruvāca prahrādānūcyatāṃ tāta svadhītaṃ kiñciduttamam kālenaitāvatāyuṣman yadaśikṣadgurorbhavān
Hiraṇyakaśipu said: Prahlāda, dear child, let something excellent that you have well studied be recited — whatever you have learned from your teacher in all this time, O long-lived one.
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SB 7 5.23
श्रीप्रह्राद उवाच श्रवणं कीर्तनं विष्णोः स्मरणं पादसेवनम् अर्चनं वन्दनं दास्यं सख्यमात्मनिवेदनम्
śrīprahrāda uvāca śravaṇaṃ kīrtanaṃ viṣṇoḥ smaraṇaṃ pādasevanam arcanaṃ vandanaṃ dāsyaṃ sakhyamātmanivedanam
Śrī Prahlāda said: Hearing about Viṣṇu, praising Him, remembering Him, serving His feet, worshipping Him, bowing to Him, being His servant, being His friend, and offering oneself to Him —
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SB 7 5.24
इति पुंसार्पिता विष्णौ भक्तिश्चेन् नवलक्षणा क्रियेत भगवत्यद्धा तन् मन्ये ऽधीतमुत्तमम्
iti puṃsārpitā viṣṇau bhaktiścen navalakṣaṇā kriyeta bhagavatyaddhā tan manye 'dhītamuttamam
— if such devotion with nine marks is offered by a man to Viṣṇu, if it is actually performed toward the Lord, that I consider the best of learning.
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SB 7 5.25
निशम्यैतत् सुतवचो हिरण्यकशिपुस्तदा गुरुपुत्रमुवाचेदं रुषा प्रस्फुरिताधरः
niśamyaitat sutavaco hiraṇyakaśipustadā guruputramuvācedaṃ ruṣā prasphuritādharaḥ
Hearing this speech of his son, Hiraṇyakaśipu then said this to the teacher's son, his lip quivering with rage:
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SB 7 5.26
ब्रह्मबन्धो किमेतत् ते विपक्षं श्रयतासता असारं ग्राहितो बालो मामनादृत्य दुर्मते
brahmabandho kimetat te vipakṣaṃ śrayatāsatā asāraṃ grāhito bālo māmanādṛtya durmate
"You disgrace to brahmins! What is this of yours? Disregarding me, you dishonest man who has taken the enemy's side, you evil-minded one, you have had the boy taught what is worthless.
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SB 7 5.27
सन्ति ह्यसाधवो लोके दुर्मैत्राश्छद्मवेषिणः तेषामुदेत्यघं काले रोगः पातकिनामिव
santi hyasādhavo loke durmaitrāśchadmaveṣiṇaḥ teṣāmudetyaghaṃ kāle rogaḥ pātakināmiva
"For there are in the world dishonest men, false friends who go about in disguise; their sin comes out in time, as disease does in those who commit crimes."
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SB 7 5.28
श्रीगुरुपुत्र उवाच न मत्प्रणीतं न परप्रणीतं सुतो वदत्येष तवेन्द्रशत्रो नैसर्गिकीयं मतिरस्य राजन् नियच्छ मन्युं कददाः स्म मा नः
śrīguruputra uvāca na matpraṇītaṃ na parapraṇītaṃ suto vadatyeṣa tavendraśatro naisargikīyaṃ matirasya rājan niyaccha manyuṃ kadadāḥ sma mā naḥ
The teacher's son said: What this son of yours says was not instilled by me, nor by anyone else, O enemy of Indra. This turn of mind is his own by nature, O king. Restrain your anger; do not lay the blame on us.
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SB 7 5.29
श्रीनारद उवाच गुरुणैवं प्रतिप्रोक्तो भूय आहासुरः सुतम् न चेद्गुरुमुखीयं ते कुतो ऽभद्रासती मतिः
śrīnārada uvāca guruṇaivaṃ pratiprokto bhūya āhāsuraḥ sutam na cedgurumukhīyaṃ te kuto 'bhadrāsatī matiḥ
Śrī Nārada said: Answered thus by the teacher, the asura spoke again to his son: "If this is not from your teacher's mouth, where does this inauspicious, false notion of yours come from?"
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SB 7 5.30
श्रीप्रह्राद उवाच मतिर्न कृष्णे परतः स्वतो वा मिथो ऽभिपद्येत गृहव्रतानाम् अदान्तगोभिर्विशतां तमिस्रं पुनः पुनश्चर्वितचर्वणानाम्
śrīprahrāda uvāca matirna kṛṣṇe parataḥ svato vā mitho 'bhipadyeta gṛhavratānām adāntagobhirviśatāṃ tamisraṃ punaḥ punaścarvitacarvaṇānām
Śrī Prahlāda said: For those whose vow is household life, the mind does not turn to Kṛṣṇa — not from another, not of itself, not from the two together — for they enter darkness driven by unsubdued senses, chewing again and again what has been chewed.
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SB 7 5.31
न ते विदुः स्वार्थगतिं हि विष्णुं दुराशया ये बहिरर्थमानिनः अन्धा यथान्धैरुपनीयमानास् ते ऽपीशतन्त्र्यामुरुदाम्नि बद्धाः
na te viduḥ svārthagatiṃ hi viṣṇuṃ durāśayā ye bahirarthamāninaḥ andhā yathāndhairupanīyamānās te 'pīśatantryāmurudāmni baddhāḥ
Those of evil intent who take external things for the goal do not know Viṣṇu, the attainment of their own true good; like blind men led by the blind, they too are bound by the Lord's cord, the great rope.
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SB 7 5.32
नैषां मतिस्तावदुरुक्रमाङ्घ्रिं स्पृशत्यनर्थापगमो यदर्थः महीयसां पादरजो ऽभिषेकं निष्किञ्चनानां न वृणीत यावत्
naiṣāṃ matistāvadurukramāṅghriṃ spṛśatyanarthāpagamo yadarthaḥ mahīyasāṃ pādarajo 'bhiṣekaṃ niṣkiñcanānāṃ na vṛṇīta yāvat
Their mind does not touch the foot of Urukrama (the wide-strider), whose purpose is the removal of what is worthless, so long as they do not choose the besprinkling with the foot-dust of the great ones who possess nothing.
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SB 7 5.33
इत्युक्त्वोपरतं पुत्रं हिरण्यकशिपू रुषा अन्धीकृतात्मा स्वोत्सङ्गान् निरस्यत महीतले
ityuktvoparataṃ putraṃ hiraṇyakaśipū ruṣā andhīkṛtātmā svotsaṅgān nirasyata mahītale
Having spoken thus, the son fell silent; and Hiraṇyakaśipu, his mind blinded with rage, flung him from his own lap to the ground.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 7 5.34
आहामर्षरुषाविष्टः कषायीभूतलोचनः वध्यतामाश्वयं वध्यो निःसारयत नैरृताः
āhāmarṣaruṣāviṣṭaḥ kaṣāyībhūtalocanaḥ vadhyatāmāśvayaṃ vadhyo niḥsārayata nairṛtāḥ
Possessed by intolerance and fury, his eyes turned bloodshot, he said: "Let him be killed! This one is to be slain at once — take him away, O Nairṛtas!
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SB 7 5.35
अयं मे भ्रातृहा सो ऽयं हित्वा स्वान् सुहृदो ऽधमः पितृव्यहन्तुः पादौ यो विष्णोर्दासवदर्चति
ayaṃ me bhrātṛhā so 'yaṃ hitvā svān suhṛdo 'dhamaḥ pitṛvyahantuḥ pādau yo viṣṇordāsavadarcati
This one is the murderer of my brother — this vile creature, who, abandoning his own kinsmen, worships like a slave the feet of Viṣṇu, the killer of his uncle.
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SB 7 5.36
विष्णोर्वा साध्वसौ किं नु करिष्यत्यसमञ्जसः सौहृदं दुस्त्यजं पित्रोरहाद्यः पञ्चहायनः
viṣṇorvā sādhvasau kiṃ nu kariṣyatyasamañjasaḥ sauhṛdaṃ dustyajaṃ pitrorahādyaḥ pañcahāyanaḥ
Or what good will this incoherent fellow do for Viṣṇu — he who at five years of age abandoned the affection of his parents, hard to abandon?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 7 5.37
परो ऽप्यपत्यं हितकृद्यथौषधं स्वदेहजो ऽप्यामयवत् सुतो ऽहितः छिन्द्यात् तदङ्गं यदुतात्मनो ऽहितं शेषं सुखं जीवति यद्विवर्जनात्
paro 'pyapatyaṃ hitakṛdyathauṣadhaṃ svadehajo 'pyāmayavat suto 'hitaḥ chindyāt tadaṅgaṃ yadutātmano 'hitaṃ śeṣaṃ sukhaṃ jīvati yadvivarjanāt
Even an outsider, if he does good, is (as) a child, like medicine; even a son born of one's own body, if harmful, is like a disease. One should cut off that limb which is harmful to oneself, by the removal of which the rest lives in comfort.
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SB 7 5.38
सर्वैरुपायैर्हन्तव्यः सम्भोजशयनासनैः सुहृल्लिङ्गधरः शत्रुर्मुनेर्दुष्टमिवेन्द्रियम्
sarvairupāyairhantavyaḥ sambhojaśayanāsanaiḥ suhṛlliṅgadharaḥ śatrurmunerduṣṭamivendriyam
An enemy who wears the marks of a friend is to be killed by every means — while eating together, lying down, sitting — like a sense-faculty gone bad, in the case of a sage.
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SB 7 5.39
नैरृतास्ते समादिष्टा भर्त्रा वै शूलपाणयः तिग्मदंष्ट्रकरालास्यास्ताम्रश्मश्रुशिरोरुहाः
nairṛtāste samādiṣṭā bhartrā vai śūlapāṇayaḥ tigmadaṃṣṭrakarālāsyāstāmraśmaśruśiroruhāḥ
Those Nairṛtas, so commanded by their master, spears in hand, their mouths gaping horribly with sharp fangs, their beards and head-hair coppery —
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SB 7 5.40
नदन्तो भैरवं नादं छिन्धि भिन्धीति वादिनः आसीनं चाहनन् शूलैः प्रह्रादं सर्वमर्मसु
nadanto bhairavaṃ nādaṃ chindhi bhindhīti vādinaḥ āsīnaṃ cāhanan śūlaiḥ prahrādaṃ sarvamarmasu
roaring a terrifying roar, crying "Cut him! Split him!", struck Prahrāda, who sat there, with their spears on all his vital spots.
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SB 7 5.41
परे ब्रह्मण्यनिर्देश्ये भगवत्यखिलात्मनि युक्तात्मन्यफला आसन्नपुण्यस्येव सत्क्रियाः
pare brahmaṇyanirdeśye bhagavatyakhilātmani yuktātmanyaphalā āsannapuṇyasyeva satkriyāḥ
(But their blows) were fruitless, since his self was joined to the supreme Brahman, the indefinable, the Lord, the Self of all — as are the good rites of one who has no merit.
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SB 7 5.42
प्रयासे ऽपहते तस्मिन् दैत्येन्द्रः परिशङ्कितः चकार तद्वधोपायान् निर्बन्धेन युधिष्ठिर
prayāse 'pahate tasmin daityendraḥ pariśaṅkitaḥ cakāra tadvadhopāyān nirbandhena yudhiṣṭhira
When that effort was thwarted, the lord of the Daityas, filled with dread, obstinately devised means of killing him, O Yudhiṣṭhira:
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SB 7 5.43
दिग्गजैर्दन्दशूकेन्द्रैरभिचारावपातनैः मायाभिः सन्निरोधैश्च गरदानैरभोजनैः
diggajairdandaśūkendrairabhicārāvapātanaiḥ māyābhiḥ sannirodhaiśca garadānairabhojanaiḥ
by elephants of the quarters, by lordly biting serpents, by malevolent spells, by hurling him down, by illusions, by imprisonments, by administering poisons, by starvation,
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SB 7 5.44
हिमवाय्वग्निसलिलैः पर्वताक्रमणैरपि न शशाक यदा हन्तुमपापमसुरः सुतम् चिन्तां दीर्घतमां प्राप्तस्तत्कर्तुं नाभ्यपद्यत
himavāyvagnisalilaiḥ parvatākramaṇairapi na śaśāka yadā hantumapāpamasuraḥ sutam cintāṃ dīrghatamāṃ prāptastatkartuṃ nābhyapadyata
by frost, wind, fire and water, and also by crushing him with mountains — when the demon could not kill his sinless son, he fell into the longest anxiety and found no way to accomplish it.
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SB 7 5.45
एष मे बह्वसाधूक्तो वधोपायाश्च निर्मिताः तैस्तैर्द्रोहैरसद्धर्मैर्मुक्तः स्वेनैव तेजसा
eṣa me bahvasādhūkto vadhopāyāśca nirmitāḥ taistairdrohairasaddharmairmuktaḥ svenaiva tejasā
"This one has been much abused by me, and means of killing him were contrived; yet by his own power alone he has been released from all those injuries and unrighteous acts.
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SB 7 5.46
वर्तमानो ऽविदूरे वै बालो ऽप्यजडधीरयम् न विस्मरति मे ऽनार्यं शुनः शेप इव प्रभुः
vartamāno 'vidūre vai bālo 'pyajaḍadhīrayam na vismarati me 'nāryaṃ śunaḥ śepa iva prabhuḥ
Living close at hand, though a boy, he is not dull of wit; he does not forget my ignoble treatment — capable, like a dog's tail."
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SB 7 5.47
अप्रमेयानुभावो ऽयमकुतश्चिद्भयो ऽमरः नूनमेतद्विरोधेन मृत्युर्मे भविता न वा
aprameyānubhāvo 'yamakutaścidbhayo 'maraḥ nūnametadvirodhena mṛtyurme bhavitā na vā
"This one's power is immeasurable; he has nothing to fear from anywhere; he is undying. Surely, through enmity with him, death will come to me — or perhaps not."
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SB 7 5.48
इति तच्चिन्तया किञ्चिन् म्लानश्रियमधोमुखम् शण्डामर्कावौशनसौ विविक्त इति होचतुः
iti taccintayā kiñcin mlānaśriyamadhomukham śaṇḍāmarkāvauśanasau vivikta iti hocatuḥ
To him, whose splendour was somewhat dimmed by that worry and whose face was lowered, Ṣaṇḍa and Amarka, the sons of Uśanas, spoke thus in private:
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SB 7 5.49
जितं त्वयैकेन जगत्त्रयं भ्रुवोर् विजृम्भणत्रस्तसमस्तधिष्ण्यपम् न तस्य चिन्त्यं तव नाथ चक्ष्वहे न वै शिशूनां गुणदोषयोः पदम्
jitaṃ tvayaikena jagattrayaṃ bhruvor vijṛmbhaṇatrastasamastadhiṣṇyapam na tasya cintyaṃ tava nātha cakṣvahe na vai śiśūnāṃ guṇadoṣayoḥ padam
"By you alone the three worlds were conquered, whose every ruler of a station trembled at the arching of your brows. We see, O lord, nothing to be worried about for you from him; children are certainly no ground for (talk of) merit or fault.
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SB 7 5.50
इमं तु पाशैर्वरुणस्य बद्ध्वा निधेहि भीतो न पलायते यथा बुद्धिश्च पुंसो वयसार्यसेवया यावद्गुरुर्भार्गव आगमिष्यति
imaṃ tu pāśairvaruṇasya baddhvā nidhehi bhīto na palāyate yathā buddhiśca puṃso vayasāryasevayā yāvadgururbhārgava āgamiṣyati
But bind this one with Varuṇa's nooses and keep him confined, so that in fear he does not run away; and a man's understanding comes with age, through serving his elders — (keep him) until the preceptor Bhārgava arrives."
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SB 7 5.51
तथेति गुरुपुत्रोक्तमनुज्ञायेदमब्रवीत् धर्मो ह्यस्योपदेष्टव्यो राज्ञां यो गृहमेधिनाम्
tatheti guruputroktamanujñāyedamabravīt dharmo hyasyopadeṣṭavyo rājñāṃ yo gṛhamedhinām
Saying "So be it," he approved what the preceptor's sons had said, and spoke this: "Indeed the dharma of kings who are householders should be taught to him."
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SB 7 5.52
धर्ममर्थं च कामं च नितरां चानुपूर्वशः प्रह्रादायोचतू राजन् प्रश्रितावनताय च
dharmamarthaṃ ca kāmaṃ ca nitarāṃ cānupūrvaśaḥ prahrādāyocatū rājan praśritāvanatāya ca
They expounded to Prahlāda, O king, dharma, artha and kāma thoroughly and in due sequence, since he was deferential and submissive.
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SB 7 5.53
यथा त्रिवर्गं गुरुभिरात्मने उपशिक्षितम् न साधु मेने तच्छिक्षां द्वन्द्वारामोपवर्णिताम्
yathā trivargaṃ gurubhirātmane upaśikṣitam na sādhu mene tacchikṣāṃ dvandvārāmopavarṇitām
Although the three aims (of life) were taught to him by the teachers for his own sake, he did not think that instruction good, expounded as it was by those who take delight in duality.
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SB 7 5.54
यदाचार्यः परावृत्तो गृहमेधीयकर्मसु वयस्यैर्बालकैस्तत्र सोपहूतः कृतक्षणैः
yadācāryaḥ parāvṛtto gṛhamedhīyakarmasu vayasyairbālakaistatra sopahūtaḥ kṛtakṣaṇaiḥ
When the teacher went away to his household duties, he was called there by boys of his own age who had found a free moment.
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SB 7 5.55
अथ तान् श्लक्ष्णया वाचा प्रत्याहूय महाबुधः उवाच विद्वांस्तन्निष्ठां कृपया प्रहसन्निव
atha tān ślakṣṇayā vācā pratyāhūya mahābudhaḥ uvāca vidvāṃstanniṣṭhāṃ kṛpayā prahasanniva
Then the greatly intelligent one, calling them near with gentle speech, learned as he was, spoke out of compassion, as if smiling, about the (worthlessness of the) end to which they were devoted.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 7 5.56
ते तु तद्गौरवात् सर्वे त्यक्तक्रीडापरिच्छदाः बाला अदूषितधियो द्वन्द्वारामेरितेहितैः
te tu tadgauravāt sarve tyaktakrīḍāparicchadāḥ bālā adūṣitadhiyo dvandvārāmeritehitaiḥ
But all of them, out of respect for him, set aside their playthings — boys whose minds had not yet been spoiled by the words and doings of those who take pleasure in duality —
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SB 7 5.57
पर्युपासत राजेन्द्र तन्न्यस्तहृदयेक्षणाः तान् आह करुणो मैत्रो महाभागवतो ऽसुरः
paryupāsata rājendra tannyastahṛdayekṣaṇāḥ tān āha karuṇo maitro mahābhāgavato 'suraḥ
they sat around (him), O best of kings, with their hearts and eyes fixed on him. To them the asura — compassionate, friendly, a great devotee — said:
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