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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 4.18.16

दैतेया दानवा वत्सं प्रह्लादमसुरर्षभम् । विधायादूदुहन् क्षीरमय:पात्रे सुरासवम् ॥ १६ ॥
daiteyā dānavā vatsaṁ
[daiteyaa daanavaa vatsam]
prahlādam asurarṣabham
[prahlaadam asurarshabham]
vidhāyādūduhan kṣīram
[vidhaayaadooduhan ksheeram]
ayaḥ-pātre surāsavam
[ayah-paatre suraasavam]
daiteyāḥ — the sons of Diti dānavāḥ — demons vatsam — the calf prahlādam — Prahlāda Mahārāja asura — demon ṛṣabham — the chief vidhāya — making adūduhan — they milked out kṣīram — milk ayaḥ — iron pātre — in a pot surā — liquor āsavam — fermented liquids like beer.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
daiteyā dānavā vatsaṁ
daiteyāḥ
the sons of Diti
dānavāḥ
demons
vatsam
the calf
prahlādam asurarṣabham
prahlādam
Prahlāda Mahārāja
asura
demon
ṛṣabham
the chief
vidhāyādūduhan kṣīram
vidhāya
making
adūduhan
they milked out
kṣīram
milk
ayaḥ-pātre surāsavam
ayaḥ
iron
pātre
in a pot
surā
liquor
āsavam
fermented liquids like beer.
The sons of Diti and the demons transformed Prahlāda Mahārāja, who was born in an asura family, into a calf, and they extracted various kinds of liquor and beer, which they put into a pot made of iron.

The demons also have their own types of beverages in the form of liquors and beers, just as the demigods use soma-rasa for their drinking purposes. The demons born of Diti take great pleasure in drinking wine and beer. Even today people of demoniac nature are very much addicted to liquor and beer. The name of Prahlāda Mahārāja is very significant in this connection. Because Prahlāda Mahārāja was born in a family of demons, as the son of Hiraṇyakaśipu, by his mercy the demons were and still are able to have their drinks in the form of wine and beer. The word ayaḥ (iron) is very significant. Whereas the nectarean soma was put in a golden pot, the liquors and beers were put in an iron pot. Because the liquor and beer are inferior, they are placed in an iron pot, and because soma-rasa is superior, it is placed in a golden pot.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Demons made Prahlāda the calf and milked liquor and beer into an iron pot. Even the asuras use a great devotee's stature for their own consumption; lineage prestige can be hijacked.
Reflection Questions
  • Where is a devotee's name being used to legitimize consumption that doesn't honor them?
  • Whose lineage am I borrowing in ways the elders would not endorse?
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