प्रयासे ऽपहते तस्मिन् दैत्येन्द्रः परिशङ्कितः ।
चकार तद्वधोपायान् निर्बन्धेन युधिष्ठिर ॥ ४२ ॥
prayase-when the endeavor; apahate-futile; tasmin-that; daitya-indrah-the King of the demons, Hiranyakasipu; parisaṅkitah-very much afraid (considering how the boy was protected); cakara-executed; tat-vadha-upayan-various means for killing him; nirbandhena-with determination; yudhisthira-O King Yudhisthira.
My dear King Yudhisthira, when all the attempts of the demons to kill Prahlada Maharaja were futile, the King of the demons, Hiranyakasipu, being most fearful, began contriving other means to kill him.