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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 7.5.29

శ్రీనారద ఉవాచ గురుణైవం ప్రతిప్రోక్తో భూయ ఆహాసుర: సుతమ్ । న చేద్గురుముఖీయం తే కుతోఽభద్రాసతీ మతి: ॥ ౨౯ ॥
śrī-nārada uvāca
[shree-naarada uvaacha]
guruṇaivaṁ pratiprokto
[gurunaivam pratiprokto]
bhūya āhāsuraḥ sutam
[bhooya aahaasurah sutam]
na ced guru-mukhīyaṁ te
[na ched guru-mukheeyam te]
kuto ’bhadrāsatī matiḥ
[kuto ’bhadraasatee matih]
śrī-nāradaḥ uvāca — Nārada Muni said guruṇā — by the teacher evam — thus pratiproktaḥ — being answered bhūyaḥ — again āha — said asuraḥ — the great demon, Hiraṇyakaśipu sutam — unto his son na — not cet — if guru-mukhī — issued from the mouth of your teacher iyam — this te — your kutaḥ — from where abhadra — O inauspicious one asatī — very bad matiḥ — inclination.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
śrī-nārada uvāca
śrī-nāradaḥ uvāca
Nārada Muni said
guruṇaivaṁ pratiprokto
guruṇā
by the teacher
evam
thus
pratiproktaḥ
being answered
bhūya āhāsuraḥ sutam
bhūyaḥ
again
āha
said
asuraḥ
the great demon, Hiraṇyakaśipu
sutam
unto his son
na ced guru-mukhīyaṁ te
na
not
cet
if
guru-mukhī
issued from the mouth of your teacher
iyam
this
te
your
kuto ’bhadrāsatī matiḥ
kutaḥ
from where
abhadra
O inauspicious one
asatī
very bad
matiḥ
inclination.
Śrī Nārada Muni continued: When Hiraṇyakaśipu received this reply from the teacher, he again addressed his son Prahlāda. Hiraṇyakaśipu said: You rascal, most fallen of our family, if you have not received this education from your teachers, where have you gotten it?

Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura explains that devotional service is actually bhadrā satī, not abhadra asatī. In other words, knowledge of devotional service can be neither inauspicious nor contrary to etiquette. To learn devotional service is the duty of everyone. Therefore the spontaneous education of Prahlāda Mahārāja is supported as auspicious and perfect.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Nārada said: When Hiraṇyakaśipu received this reply from the teacher, he again addressed his son Prahlāda. Inauspicious child! If you have not received this way of thinking from your teachers, from where have you receive it? O inauspicious one! The hidden meaning is “From where did you get this mind which is not inauspicious (asatī)?”
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