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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 7.4.43

तस्मिन्महाभागवते महाभागे महात्मनि । हिरण्यकशिपू राजन्नकरोदघमात्मजे ॥ ४३ ॥
tasmin mahā-bhāgavate
[tasmin mahaa-bhaagavate]
mahā-bhāge mahātmani
[mahaa-bhaage mahaatmani]
hiraṇyakaśipū rājann
[hiranyakashipoo raajann]
akarod agham ātmaje
[akarod agham aatmaje]
Word-for-word
tasmin — unto him mahā-bhāgavate — an exalted devotee of the Lord mahā-bhāge — most fortunate mahā-ātmani — whose mind was very broad hiraṇyakaśipuḥ — the demon Hiraṇyakaśipu rājan — O King akarot — performed agham — very great sin ātma-je — to his own son.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
tasmin mahā-bhāgavate
tasmin
unto him
mahā-bhāgavate
an exalted devotee of the Lord
mahā-bhāge mahātmani
mahā-bhāge
most fortunate
mahā-ātmani
whose mind was very broad
hiraṇyakaśipū rājann
hiraṇyakaśipuḥ
the demon Hiraṇyakaśipu
rājan
O King
akarod agham ātmaje
akarot
performed
agham
very great sin
ātma-je
to his own son.
My dear King Yudhiṣṭhira, the demon Hiraṇyakaśipu tormented this exalted, fortunate devotee, although Prahlāda was his own son.
Purport

When a demon like Hiraṇyakaśipu, despite his elevated position due to severe austerities, begins to tease a devotee, he begins falling down, and the results of his austerities dwindle. One who oppresses a pure devotee loses all the results of his austerities, penances and pious activities. Since Hiraṇyakaśipu was now inclined to chastise his most exalted devotee son, Prahlāda Mahārāja, his opulences began dwindling.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
O King Yudhiṣṭhira! The demon Hiraṇyakaśipu tormented this exalted, fortunate devotee, although Prahlāda was his own son.
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Personal Guidance
His own father Hiranyakasipu — despite tremendous austerity — turned to tormenting his exalted son. Persecuting a pure devotee causes the persecutor's opulences to wither. The line at which great power begins to collapse is the line of vaisnava-aparadha.
Reflection Questions
  • Where is your strength quietly eroding because of how you treat someone gentle in your life?
  • What single act of repair could halt that erosion?
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