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TEXTS 1517
sri-prahrada uvaca
varam varaya etat te
varadesan mahesvara
yad anindat pita me
tvam avidvams teja aisvaram
viddhamarsasayah saksat
sarva-loka-gurum prabhum
bhratr-heti mrsa-drstis
tvad-bhakte mayi caghavan
tasmat pita me puyeta
durantad dustarad aghat
putas te panga-samdrstas
tada krpana-vatsala
SYNONYMS
sri-prahradah uvacaPrahlada Maharaja said; varambenediction; varayeI pray; etatthis; tefrom You; varada-isatthe Supreme Personality of Godhead, who offers benedictions even to such exalted demigods as Brahma and Siva; maha-isvaraO my Supreme Lord; yatthat; anindatvilified; pitafather; memy; tvamYou; avidvanwithout knowledge of; tejahstrength; aisvaramsupremacy; viddhabeing polluted; amarsawith anger; asayahwithin the heart; saksatdirectly; sarva-loka-gurumunto the supreme spiritual master of all living beings; prabhumunto the supreme master; bhratr-hathe killer of his brother; itithus; mrsa-drstihfalsely envious because of a false conception; tvat-bhakteunto Your devotee; mayiunto me; caand; agha-vanwho committed heavily sinful activities; tasmatfrom that; pitafather; memy; puyetamay be purified; durantatvery great; dustaratdifficult to pass over; aghatfrom all sinful activities; putah(although he was) purified; teof You; apangaby the glance over him; samdrstahbeing looked at; tadaat that time; krpana-vatsalaO You who are merciful to the materialistic.
TRANSLATION
Prahlada Maharaja 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.
PURPORT
Although Hiranyakasipu was purified as soon as he came in contact with the Lords lap and the Lord saw him, Prahlada Maharaja still wanted to hear from the Lords own mouth that his father had been purified by the Lords causeless mercy. Prahlada Maharaja offered this prayer to the Lord for the sake of his father. As a Vaisnava son, despite all the inconveniences imposed upon him by his father, he could not forget his fathers affection.
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