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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 7.8.3-4

కోపావేశచలద్గాత్ర: పుత్రం హన్తుం మనో దధే । క్షిప్‍త్వా పరుషయా వాచా ప్రహ్రాదమతదర్హణమ్ । ఆహేక్షమాణ: పాపేన తిరశ్చీనేన చక్షుషా ॥ ౩ ॥ ప్రశ్రయావనతం దాన్తం బద్ధాఞ్జలిమవస్థితమ్ । సర్ప: పదాహత ఇవ శ్వసన్ప్రకృతిదారుణ: ॥ ౪ ॥
kopāveśa-calad-gātraḥ
[kopaavesha-chalad-gaatrah]
putraṁ hantuṁ mano dadhe
[putram hantum mano dadhe]
kṣiptvā paruṣayā vācā
[kshiptvaa parushayaa vaachaa]
prahrādam atad-arhaṇam
[prahraadam atad-arhanam]
āhekṣamāṇaḥ pāpena
[aahekshamaanah paapena]
tiraścīnena cakṣuṣā
[tirashcheenena chakshushaa]
praśrayāvanataṁ dāntaṁ
[prashrayaavanatam daantam]
baddhāṣjalim avasthitam
[baddhaashjalim avasthitam]
sarpaḥ padāhata iva
[sarpah padaahata iva]
śvasan prakṛti-dāruṇaḥ
[shvasan prakriti-daarunah]
kopa-āveśa — by a very angry mood calat — trembling gātraḥ — the whole body putram — his son hantum — to kill manaḥ — mind dadhe — fixed kṣiptvā — rebuking paruṣayā — with very harsh vācā — words prahrādam — Prahlāda Mahārāja a-tat-arhaṇam — not fit to be chastised (due to his noble character and tender age) āha — said īkṣamāṇaḥ — looking at him in anger pāpena — because of his sinful activities tiraścīnena — crooked cakṣuṣā — with eyes praśraya-avanatam — very gentle and mild dāntam — very restrained baddha-aṣjalim — having folded hands avasthitam — situated sarpaḥ — a snake pada-āhataḥ — being trampled by the foot iva — like śvasan — hissing prakṛti — by nature dāruṇaḥ — very evil.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
kopāveśa-calad-gātraḥ
kopa-āveśa
by a very angry mood
calat
trembling
gātraḥ
the whole body
putraṁ hantuṁ mano dadhe
putram
his son
hantum
to kill
manaḥ
mind
dadhe
fixed
kṣiptvā paruṣayā vācā
kṣiptvā
rebuking
paruṣayā
with very harsh
vācā
words
prahrādam atad-arhaṇam
prahrādam
Prahlāda Mahārāja
a-tat-arhaṇam
not fit to be chastised (due to his noble character and tender age)
āhekṣamāṇaḥ pāpena
āha
said
īkṣamāṇaḥ
looking at him in anger
pāpena
because of his sinful activities
tiraścīnena cakṣuṣā
tiraścīnena
crooked
cakṣuṣā
with eyes
praśrayāvanataṁ dāntaṁ
praśraya-avanatam
very gentle and mild
dāntam
very restrained
baddhāṣjalim avasthitam
baddha-aṣjalim
having folded hands
avasthitam
situated
sarpaḥ padāhata iva
sarpaḥ
a snake
pada-āhataḥ
being trampled by the foot
iva
like
śvasan prakṛti-dāruṇaḥ
śvasan
hissing
prakṛti
by nature
dāruṇaḥ
very evil.
When Hiraṇyakaśipu understood the entire situation, he was extremely angry, so much so that his body trembled. Thus he finally decided to kill his son Prahlāda. Hiraṇyakaśipu was by nature very cruel, and feeling insulted, he began hissing like a snake trampled upon by someone’s foot. His son Prahlāda was peaceful, mild and gentle, his senses were under control, and he stood before Hiraṇyakaśipu with folded hands. According to Prahlāda’s age and behavior, he was not to be chastised. Yet with staring, crooked eyes, Hiraṇyakaśipu rebuked him with the following harsh words.

When one is impudent toward a highly authorized devotee, one is punished by the laws of nature. The duration of his life is diminished, and he loses the blessings of superior persons and the results of pious activities. Hiraṇyakaśipu, for example, had achieved such great power in the material world that he could subdue practically all the planetary systems in the universe, including the heavenly planets (Svargaloka). Yet now, because of his mistreatment of such a Vaiṣṇava as Prahlāda Mahārāja, all the results of his tapasya diminished. As stated in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (10.4.46) :

āyuḥ śriyaṁ yaśo dharmaṁ lokān āśiṣa eva ca hanti śreyāṁsi sarvāṇi puṁso mahad-atikramaḥ

“When one mistreats great souls, his life span, opulence, reputation, religion, possessions and good fortune are all destroyed.”

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
His body trembling in rage, rebuking him with harsh words, the King decided to kill his son, who did not deserve that punishment. Looking with his crooked, sinful eyes at his gentle and obedient son who was standing peacefully with folded hands, the father, evil by nature, hissing like a trampled snake, then spoke.
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