SB 7.1.42

SB 7.1.42

Devanagari

हिरण्यकशिपु: पुत्रं प्रह्लादं केशवप्रियम् ।
जिघांसुरकरोन्नाना यातना मृत्युहेतवे ॥ ४२ ॥

Verse text

hiraṇyakaśipuḥ putraṁ
prahlādaṁ keśava-priyam
jighāṁsur akaron nānā
yātanā mṛtyu-hetave

Synonyms

hiraṇyakaśipuḥ — Hiraṇyakaśipu ; putram — son ; prahlādam — Prahlāda Mahārāja ; keśava-priyam — the beloved devotee of Keśava ; jighāṁsuḥ — desirous of killing ; akarot — enacted ; nānā — various ; yātanāḥ — tortures ; mṛtyu — death ; hetave — to cause.

Translation

Desiring to kill his son Prahlāda, who was a great devotee of Lord Viṣṇu, Hiraṇyakaśipu tortured him in many ways.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

Desiring to kill his son Prahlāda, who was a great devotee of Lord Viṣṇu, Hiraṇyakaśipu tortured him in many ways to kill him.