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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 7.5.8

గృహమానీతమాహూయ ప్రహ్రాదం దైత్యయాజకా: । ప్రశస్య శ్లక్ష్ణయా వాచా సమపృచ్ఛన్త సామభి: ॥ ౮ ॥
gṛham ānītam āhūya
[griham aaneetam aahooya]
prahrādaṁ daitya-yājakāḥ
[prahraadam daitya-yaajakaah]
praśasya ślakṣṇayā vācā
[prashasya shlakshnayaa vaachaa]
samapṛcchanta sāmabhiḥ
[samaprichchanta saamabhih]
Word-for-word
gṛham — to the place of the teachers (Ṣaṇḍa and Amarka) ānītam — brought āhūya — calling prahrādam — Prahlāda daitya-yājakāḥ — the priests of the demon Hiraṇyakaśipu praśasya — by pacifying ślakṣṇayā — with a very mild vācā — voice samapṛcchanta — they questioned sāmabhiḥ — by very agreeable words.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
gṛham ānītam āhūya
gṛham
to the place of the teachers (Ṣaṇḍa and Amarka)
ānītam
brought
āhūya
calling
prahrādaṁ daitya-yājakāḥ
prahrādam
Prahlāda
daitya-yājakāḥ
the priests of the demon Hiraṇyakaśipu
praśasya ślakṣṇayā vācā
praśasya
by pacifying
ślakṣṇayā
with a very mild
vācā
voice
samapṛcchanta sāmabhiḥ
samapṛcchanta
they questioned
sāmabhiḥ
by very agreeable words.
When Hiraṇyakaśipu’s servants brought the boy Prahlāda back to the gurukula [the place where the brāhmaṇas taught the boys], the priests of the demons, Ṣaṇḍa and Amarka, pacified him. With very mild voices and affectionate words, they inquired from him as follows.
Purport

Ṣaṇḍa and Amarka, the priests of the demons, were eager to know from Prahlāda Mahārāja who the Vaiṣṇavas were that came to instruct him in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Their purpose was to discover the names of these Vaiṣṇavas. In the beginning they did not threaten the boy because when threatened he might not identify the real culprits. Therefore they very mildly and peacefully inquired as follows.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
The demon priests, calling Prahlāda when he was brought back to the school, praised him with sweet, pacifying words and then inquired from him. They praised him with sweet words. “We will speak to him so that out of fear he will not speak to the Vaiṣṇavas who have been instructing him.”
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