They offered Narasiṁha-deva their prayers to pacify Him, but they could not. Therefore, Prahlāda Mahārāja says that if brahmādayaḥ sura-gaṇā siddhāḥ . . . here Śrīdhara Swami says, munayo manana śīla siddhyaḥ jñānino 'pi . Manano śīla. Manano śīla means speculators, philosophers. Muni means one who can think very deeply, manano śīla. Those who can expand by thinking, feeling and willing can write volumes of books. There are many you know in our country, they are called manano śīla.
They take pleasure by mental speculation, manano śīla, and they are men of knowledge also, jñanino 'pi. Munayo manana śīla siddhyaḥ jñānino 'pi (Śrīdhara Swami). And what kind of . . . these great sages and saintly persons, what is their qualification? They are situated in knowledge, in sattva-guṇa, in light. They are not in darkness. Although they are not in darkness, but without being in the platform of sattva-guṇa, nobody can become very intelligent person, philosopher, or mental speculator also. Their position is very high in the material calculation. So such persons, api, (Sanskrit) (Śrīdhara Swami), they are also unable to satisfy.
Just like if a man becomes angry, so somebody tries to satisfy him. Just like somebody . . . sometimes our small child becomes angry and cries very loudly, and the parents satisfy, "My dear boy, you are so nice. Why you are crying? You can take this," just to pacify. Similarly, when Narasiṁha-deva became very angry for killing . . . because He was angry because Hiraṇyakaśipu teased his devotee, Prahlāda, so much. Therefore, He was very, very angry. Vaiṣṇava-aparādha. If anyone offends a Vaiṣṇava, a pure devotee of Kṛṣṇa, he is the greatest offender. Kṛṣṇa never excuses. That I explained yesterday. It is very . . . Vaiṣṇava-aparādha is the greatest dangerous offense.