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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 7.5.33

इत्युक्त्वोपरतं पुत्रं हिरण्यकशिपू रुषा । अन्धीकृतात्मा स्वोत्सङ्गान्निरस्यत महीतले ॥ ३३ ॥
ity uktvoparataṁ putraṁ
[ity uktvoparatam putram]
hiraṇyakaśipū ruṣā
[hiranyakashipoo rushaa]
andhīkṛtātmā svotsaṅgān
[andheekritaatmaa svotsangaan]
nirasyata mahī-tale
[nirasyata mahee-tale]
Word-for-word
iti — thus uktvā — speaking uparatam — stopped putram — the son hiraṇyakaśipuḥ — Hiraṇyakaśipu ruṣā — with great anger andhīkṛta-ātmā — made blind to self-realization sva-utsaṅgāt — from his lap nirasyata — threw mahī-tale — upon the ground.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
ity uktvoparataṁ putraṁ
iti
thus
uktvā
speaking
uparatam
stopped
putram
the son
hiraṇyakaśipū ruṣā
hiraṇyakaśipuḥ
Hiraṇyakaśipu
ruṣā
with great anger
andhīkṛtātmā svotsaṅgān
andhīkṛta-ātmā
made blind to self-realization
sva-utsaṅgāt
from his lap
nirasyata mahī-tale
nirasyata
threw
mahī-tale
upon the ground.
After Prahlāda Mahārāja had spoken in this way and become silent, Hiraṇyakaśipu, blinded by anger, threw him off his lap and onto the ground.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
After Prahlāda had finished speaking, Hiraṇyakaśipu, blinded by anger, threw him off his lap onto the ground.
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Personal Guidance
Blinded by anger, Hiraṇyakaśipu throws his small son off his lap onto the ground. The same lap that held him moments ago becomes the platform of his rejection. Tenderness and violence can occupy the same body in the same hour.
Reflection Questions
  • Whose tenderness and violence have you experienced in close succession, and how do you hold both?
  • Where might your own anger be casting off what you genuinely love?
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