katham āsīn mahātmani
śrī-yudhiṣṭhira uvāca
vidveṣo dayite putre
katham āsīn mahātmani
brūhi me bhagavan yena
prahlādasyācyutātmatā
Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira said: O exalted sage Nārada! Why did Hiraṇyakaśipu hate his beloved son, a great devotee? Please explain how Prahlāda Mahārāja developed complete concentration on the Lord.
Please explain that by which Prahlāda developed complete concentration on Acyuta.
Thus ends the commentary on the First Chapter of the Seventh Canto of the Bhāgavatam for the pleasure of the devotees, in accordance with the previous ācāryas.
Chapter Two
Hiraṇyakaśipu Instructs is Family Members
|| 7.2.1 ||
śrī-nārada uvāca
bhrātary evaṁ vinihate
hariṇā kroḍa-mūrtinā
hiraṇyakaśipū rājan
paryatapyad ruṣā śucā
Nārada said: O Yudhiṣṭhira! When Lord Viṣṇu, in the form of Varāha, the boar, killed Hiraṇyākṣa, Hiraṇyākṣa's brother Hiraṇyakaśipu was afflicted with anger and grief.
The Second Chapter describes how Hiraṇyakaśipu, in grief for his brother’s death, engaged in destruction of dharma and pacified his friends by relating a history giving instructions on knowledge. In order explain that the cause of hating Prahlāda was hatred of the Lord, first Nārada explains the cause of hatred of the Lord.
|| 7.2.2 ||
āha cedaṁ ruṣā pūrṇaḥ
sandaṣṭa-daśana-cchadaḥ
kopojjvaladbhyāṁ cakṣurbhyāṁ
nirīkṣan dhūmram ambaram
Filled with rage and biting his lips, Hiraṇyakaśipu, gazing at the smoky sky with eyes that blazed in anger, spoke.
He looked at the sky towards Vaikuṇṭha, the abode of Viṣṇu, thinking, “I will destroy Viṣṇu and his abode with my hands.” The sky became smoky from the fire coming from his eyes.
|| 7.2.3 ||
karāla-daṁṣṭrogra-dṛṣṭyā
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