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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 7.5.6

శ్రీనారద ఉవాచ శ్రుత్వా పుత్రగిరో దైత్య: పరపక్షసమాహితా: । జహాస బుద్ధిర్బాలానాం భిద్యతే పరబుద్ధిభి: ॥ ౬ ॥
śrī-nārada uvāca
[shree-naarada uvaacha]
śrutvā putra-giro daityaḥ
[shrutvaa putra-giro daityah]
para-pakṣa-samāhitāḥ
[para-paksha-samaahitaah]
jahāsa buddhir bālānāṁ
[jahaasa buddhir baalaanaam]
bhidyate para-buddhibhiḥ
[bhidyate para-buddhibhih]
śrī-nāradaḥ uvāca — Nārada Muni said śrutvā — hearing putra-giraḥ — the instructive words of his son daityaḥ — Hiraṇyakaśipu para-pakṣa — on the side of the enemy samāhitāḥ — full of faith jahāsa — laughed buddhiḥ — the intelligence bālānām — of small boys bhidyate — is polluted para-buddhibhiḥ — by instructions from the enemy’s camp.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
śrī-nārada uvāca
śrī-nāradaḥ uvāca
Nārada Muni said
śrutvā putra-giro daityaḥ
śrutvā
hearing
putra-giraḥ
the instructive words of his son
daityaḥ
Hiraṇyakaśipu
para-pakṣa-samāhitāḥ
para-pakṣa
on the side of the enemy
samāhitāḥ
full of faith
jahāsa buddhir bālānāṁ
jahāsa
laughed
buddhiḥ
the intelligence
bālānām
of small boys
bhidyate para-buddhibhiḥ
bhidyate
is polluted
para-buddhibhiḥ
by instructions from the enemy’s camp.
Nārada Muni continued: When Prahlāda Mahārāja spoke about the path of self-realization in devotional service, thus being faithful to the camp of his father’s enemies, Hiraṇyakaśipu, the King of the demons, heard Prahlāda’s words and he laughingly said, “Thus is the intelligence of children spoiled by the words of the enemy.”

Hiraṇyakaśipu, being a demon, would always consider Lord Viṣṇu and His devotees to be his enemies. Therefore the word para-pakṣa (“on the side of the enemy”) is used here. Hiraṇyakaśipu never agreed with the words of Viṣṇu, or Kṛṣṇa. Rather, he was angered by the intelligence of a Vaiṣṇava. Lord Viṣṇu, Lord Kṛṣṇa, says, sarva-dharmān parityajya mām ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vraja — “Give up all other duties and surrender unto Me” — but demons like Hiraṇyakaśipu never agree to do this. Therefore Kṛṣṇa says:

na māṁ duṣkṛtino mūḍhāḥ prapadyante narādhamāḥ māyayāpahṛta-jṣānā āsuraṁ bhāvam āśritāḥ

“Those miscreants who are grossly foolish, lowest among mankind, whose knowledge is stolen by illusion, and who partake of the atheistic nature of demons, do not surrender unto Me.” ( Bg. 7.15 ) The asura-bhāva, the atheistic nature, is directly represented by Hiraṇyakaśipu. Such persons, being mūḍha and narādhama — fools and rascals, the lowest of men — would never accept Viṣṇu as the Supreme and surrender to Him. Hiraṇyakaśipu naturally became increasingly angry that his son Prahlāda was being influenced by the camp of the enemies. He therefore asked that saintly persons like Nārada not be allowed within the residential quarters of his son, for otherwise Prahlāda would be further spoiled by Vaiṣṇava instructions.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Nārada said: On hearing Prahlāda’s words, which sided with his enemy, the demon laughed. “The intelligence of these children has been spoiled by the intelligence of the enemy.” The words were completely dedicated to Viṣṇu, his enemy. He laughed, “This boy will learn whatever is taught to him. It is not his fault. From today, Nārada and other Vaiṣṇavas should not enter the school.”
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