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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 7.10.15-17

श्रीप्रह्राद उवाच वरं वरय एतत्ते वरदेशान्महेश्वर । यदनिन्दत्पिता मे त्वामविद्वांस्तेज ऐश्वरम् ॥ १५ ॥ विद्धामर्षाशय: साक्षात्सर्वलोकगुरुं प्रभुम् । भ्रातृहेति मृषाद‍ृष्टिस्त्वद्भ‍क्ते मयि चाघवान् ॥ १६ ॥ तस्मात्पिता मे पूयेत दुरन्ताद् दुस्तरादघात् । पूतस्तेऽपाङ्गसंद‍ृष्टस्तदा कृपणवत्सल ॥ १७ ॥
śrī-prahrāda uvāca
[shree-prahraada uvaacha]
varaṁ varaya etat te
[varam varaya etat te]
varadeśān maheśvara
[varadeshaan maheshvara]
yad anindat pitā me
[yad anindat pitaa me]
tvām avidvāṁs teja aiśvaram
[tvaam avidvaams teja aishvaram]
viddhāmarṣāśayaḥ sākṣāt
[viddhaamarshaashayah saakshaat]
sarva-loka-guruṁ prabhum
[sarva-loka-gurum prabhum]
bhrātṛ-heti mṛṣā-dṛṣṭis
[bhraatri-heti mrishaa-drishtis]
tvad-bhakte mayi cāghavān
[tvad-bhakte mayi chaaghavaan]
tasmāt pitā me pūyeta
[tasmaat pitaa me pooyeta]
durantād dustarād aghāt
[durantaad dustaraad aghaat]
pūtas te ’pāṅga-saṁdṛṣṭas
[pootas te ’paanga-samdrishtas]
tadā kṛpaṇa-vatsala
[tadaa kripana-vatsala]
Word-for-word
śrī-prahrādaḥ uvāca — Prahlāda Mahārāja said varam — benediction varaye — I pray etat — this te — from You varada-īśāt — the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who offers benedictions even to such exalted demigods as Brahmā and Śiva mahā-īśvara — O my Supreme Lord yat — that anindat — vilified pitā — father me — my tvām — You avidvān — without knowledge of tejaḥ — strength aiśvaram — supremacy viddha — being polluted amarṣa — with anger āśayaḥ — within the heart sākṣāt — directly sarva-loka-gurum — unto the supreme spiritual master of all living beings prabhum — unto the supreme master bhrātṛ-hā — the killer of his brother iti — thus mṛṣā-dṛṣṭiḥ — falsely envious because of a false conception tvat-bhakte — unto Your devotee mayi — unto me ca — and agha-vān — who committed heavily sinful activities tasmāt — from that pitā — father me — my pūyeta — may be purified durantāt — very great dustarāt — difficult to pass over aghāt — from all sinful activities pūtaḥ — (although he was) purified te — of You apāṅga — by the glance over him saṁdṛṣṭaḥ — being looked at tadā — at that time kṛpaṇa-vatsala — O You who are merciful to the materialistic.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
śrī-prahrāda uvāca
śrī-prahrādaḥ uvāca
Prahlāda Mahārāja said
varam
benediction
varaṁ varaya etat te
varaye
I pray
etat
this
te
from You
varadeśān maheśvara
varada-īśāt
the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who offers benedictions even to such exalted demigods as Brahmā and Śiva
mahā-īśvara
O my Supreme Lord
yad anindat pitā me
yat
that
anindat
vilified
pitā
father
me
my
tvām avidvāṁs teja aiśvaram
tvām
You
avidvān
without knowledge of
tejaḥ
strength
aiśvaram
supremacy
viddhāmarṣāśayaḥ sākṣāt
viddha
being polluted
amarṣa
with anger
āśayaḥ
within the heart
sākṣāt
directly
sarva-loka-guruṁ prabhum
sarva-loka-gurum
unto the supreme spiritual master of all living beings
prabhum
unto the supreme master
bhrātṛ-heti mṛṣā-dṛṣṭis
bhrātṛ-hā
the killer of his brother
tvad-bhakte mayi cāghavān
tasmāt pitā me pūyeta
iti
thus
mṛṣā-dṛṣṭiḥ
falsely envious because of a false conception
tvat-bhakte
unto Your devotee
mayi
unto me
ca
and
durantād dustarād aghāt
agha-vān
who committed heavily sinful activities
pūtas te ’pāṅga-saṁdṛṣṭas
tasmāt
from that
pitā
father
me
my
pūyeta
may be purified
durantāt
very great
dustarāt
difficult to pass over
aghāt
from all sinful activities
pūtaḥ
(although he was) purified
te
of You
apāṅga
by the glance over him
saṁdṛṣṭaḥ
being looked at
tadā kṛpaṇa-vatsala
tadā
at that time
kṛpaṇa-vatsala
O You who are merciful to the materialistic.
Prahlāda Mahārāja 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 Hiraṇyakaśipu was purified as soon as he came in contact with the Lord’s lap and the Lord saw him, Prahlāda Mahārāja still wanted to hear from the Lord’s own mouth that his father had been purified by the Lord’s causeless mercy. Prahlāda Mahārāja offered this prayer to the Lord for the sake of his father. As a Vaiṣṇava son, despite all the inconveniences imposed upon him by his father, he could not forget his father’s affection.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Prahlāda said: O bestower of blessings! O great Lord! Please grant this boon. My father, his heart filled with anger, out of ignorance of your power and glory, thinking that you killed his brother, criticized you, the guru of all the planets. He thus committed violence to me. May my father be purified, though he has been purified of his great sins, difficult to remove, by your glance! O Lord, affectionate to the wretched! Previously I prayed at your lotus feet for the deliverance of all people suffering in this world. Now, if you have given such good fortune to me, then I pray also that you free one great sinner. This is expressed in three verses. My father’s heart was contaminated with anger (viddhāmarṣāśayaḥ). Even if he is already purified by your glance, I pray out of humility to hear words of mercy from your mouth.
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Personal Guidance
I ask only one benediction: please forgive my father for his sinful actions and blasphemy. The Vaiṣṇava son prays for the demon father. Real love does not stop at injury; it asks mercy precisely for the one who injured you.
Reflection Questions
  • For whose forgiveness — someone who genuinely hurt you — could you pray this week?
  • Where could that single prayer reset a family's spiritual trajectory?
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