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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 7.8.13

सोऽहं विकत्थमानस्य शिर: कायाद्धरामि ते । गोपायेत हरिस्त्वाद्य यस्ते शरणमीप्सितम् ॥ १३ ॥
so ’haṁ vikatthamānasya
[so ’ham vikatthamaanasya]
śiraḥ kāyād dharāmi te
[shirah kaayaad dharaami te]
gopāyeta haris tvādya
[gopaayeta haris tvaadya]
yas te śaraṇam īpsitam
[yas te sharanam eepsitam]
Word-for-word
saḥ — he aham — I vikatthamānasya — who are speaking such nonsense śiraḥ — the head kāyāt — from the body harāmi — I shall take away te — of you gopāyeta — let Him protect hariḥ — the Supreme Personality of Godhead tvā — you adya — now yaḥ — He who te — your śaraṇam — protector īpsitam — desired.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
so ’haṁ vikatthamānasya
śiraḥ kāyād dharāmi te
gopāyeta haris tvādya
yas te śaraṇam īpsitam
saḥ
he
aham
I
vikatthamānasya
who are speaking such nonsense
śiraḥ
the head
kāyāt
from the body
harāmi
I shall take away
te
of you
gopāyeta
let Him protect
hariḥ
the Supreme Personality of Godhead
tvā
you
adya
now
yaḥ
He who
te
your
śaraṇam
protector
īpsitam
desired.
Because you are speaking so much nonsense, I shall now sever your head from your body. Now let me see your most worshipable God come to protect you. I want to see it.
Purport

Demons always think that the God of the devotees is fictitious. They think that there is no God and that the so-called religious feeling of devotion to God is but an opiate, a kind of illusion, like the illusions derived from LSD and opium. Hiraṇyakaśipu did not believe Prahlāda Mahārāja when Prahlāda asserted that his Lord is present everywhere. Because Hiraṇyakaśipu, as a typical demon, was convinced that there is no God and that no one could protect Prahlāda, he felt encouraged to kill his son. He challenged the idea that the devotee is always protected by the Supreme Lord.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Because you are speaking so much nonsense, I shall now sever your head from your body. Now let your Lord who is your preferred shelter save you! Hiraṇyakaśipu does not see the Lord. He then speaks this verse.
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Personal Guidance
Hiraṇyakaśipu threatens to sever Prahlāda's head, daring his God to come protect him. Atheistic boldness peaks just before the Lord acts. The 'come, then, prove it' moment is often the threshold of revelation.
Reflection Questions
  • Where have you dared the Lord to act, only to find Him acting?
  • What dare are you making today that should give you pause?
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