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| <div id="Sri_Caitanya-caritamrta" class="section" sec_index="2" parent="compilation" text="Sri Caitanya-caritamrta"><h2>Sri Caitanya-caritamrta</h2>
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| <div class="heading">According to the opinion of some historians, Prahlāda Mahārāja was born in Tretā-yuga in the city of Multan, in the state of Punjab. He was born of Hiraṇyakaśipu, a king of the dynasty of Kaśyapa. Prahlāda Mahārāja was a great devotee of Lord Viṣṇu, but his father was very much against Viṣṇu.
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| <span class="link">[[Vanisource:CC Antya 9.10|CC Antya 9.10, Translation and Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">Prahlāda Mahārāja, Bali Mahārāja, Vyāsadeva, Śukadeva Gosvāmī and other great sages came to visit Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Upon seeing Him, they became unconscious in ecstatic love for Kṛṣṇa.</p>
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| <div class="purport text"><p>According to the opinion of some historians, Prahlāda Mahārāja was born in Tretā-yuga in the city of Multan, in the state of Punjab. He was born of Hiraṇyakaśipu, a king of the dynasty of Kaśyapa. Prahlāda Mahārāja was a great devotee of Lord Viṣṇu, but his father was very much against Viṣṇu. Because the father and son thus differed in their consciousness, the demon father inflicted all kinds of bodily pain upon Prahlāda. When this torture became intolerable, the Supreme Lord appeared as Nṛsiṁhadeva and killed the great demon Hiraṇyakaśipu.</p>
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| <p>Bali Mahārāja was the grandson of Prahlāda Mahārāja. The son of Prahlāda Mahārāja was Virocana, and his son was known as Bali. Appearing as Vāmana and begging Bali Mahārāja for three feet of land, the Lord took possession of the entire three worlds. Thus Bali Mahārāja became a great devotee of Lord Vāmana. Bali Mahārāja had one hundred sons, of whom Mahārāja Bāṇa was the eldest and most famous.</p>
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| <p>Vyāsadeva was the son of the great sage Parāśara. Other names for him are Sātyavateya and Kṛṣṇa-dvaipāyana Bādarāyaṇa Muni. As one of the authorities on the Vedas, he divided the original Veda, for convenience, into four divisions—Sāma, Yajur, Ṛg and Atharva. He is the author of eighteen Purāṇas as well as the theosophical thesis Brahma-sūtra and its natural commentary, Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. He belongs to the Brahma-sampradāya and is a direct disciple of Nārada Muni.</p>
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| <p>Śukadeva Gosvāmī is the son of Vyāsadeva. He was a brahmacārī fully conscious of Brahman realization, but later he became a great devotee of Lord Kṛṣṇa. He narrated Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam to Mahārāja Parīkṣit.</p>
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| <div id="Bhagavad-gita_As_It_Is" class="section" sec_index="0" parent="compilation" text="Bhagavad-gita As It Is"><h2>Bhagavad-gita As It Is</h2> | | <div id="Bhagavad-gita_As_It_Is" class="section" sec_index="0" parent="compilation" text="Bhagavad-gita As It Is"><h2>Bhagavad-gita As It Is</h2> |
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| <div class="heading">Although Prahlāda Mahārāja was the son of Hiraṇyakaśipu, he was nonetheless persecuted by his father; although Devakī, the mother of Kṛṣṇa, was the sister of Kaṁsa, she and her husband Vasudeva were persecuted only because Kṛṣṇa was to be born of them. | | <div class="heading">Although Prahlāda Mahārāja was the son of Hiraṇyakaśipu, he was nonetheless persecuted by his father; although Devakī, the mother of Kṛṣṇa, was the sister of Kaṁsa, she and her husband Vasudeva were persecuted only because Kṛṣṇa was to be born of them. |
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| <span class="link">[[Vanisource:BG 4.8|BG 4.8, Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="purport text"><p style="display: inline;">The Lord has many agents who are quite competent to vanquish demons. But the Lord especially descends to appease His unalloyed devotees, who are always harassed by the demoniac. The demon harasses the devotee, even though the latter may happen to be his kin. Although Prahlāda Mahārāja was the son of Hiraṇyakaśipu, he was nonetheless persecuted by his father; although Devakī, the mother of Kṛṣṇa, was the sister of Kaṁsa, she and her husband Vasudeva were persecuted only because Kṛṣṇa was to be born of them. So Lord Kṛṣṇa appeared primarily to deliver Devakī, rather than kill Kaṁsa, but both were performed simultaneously. Therefore it is said here that to deliver the devotee and vanquish the demon miscreants, the Lord appears in different incarnations.</p> | | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:BG 4.8 (1972)|BG 4.8, Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="purport text"><p style="display: inline;">The Lord has many agents who are quite competent to vanquish demons. But the Lord especially descends to appease His unalloyed devotees, who are always harassed by the demoniac. The demon harasses the devotee, even though the latter may happen to be his kin. Although Prahlāda Mahārāja was the son of Hiraṇyakaśipu, he was nonetheless persecuted by his father; although Devakī, the mother of Kṛṣṇa, was the sister of Kaṁsa, she and her husband Vasudeva were persecuted only because Kṛṣṇa was to be born of them. So Lord Kṛṣṇa appeared primarily to deliver Devakī, rather than kill Kaṁsa, but both were performed simultaneously. Therefore it is said here that to deliver the devotee and vanquish the demon miscreants, the Lord appears in different incarnations.</p> |
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| <div id="SB_Canto_7" class="sub_section" sec_index="7" parent="Srimad-Bhagavatam" text="SB Canto 7"><h3>SB Canto 7</h3> | | <div id="SB_Canto_7" class="sub_section" sec_index="7" parent="Srimad-Bhagavatam" text="SB Canto 7"><h3>SB Canto 7</h3> |
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| <div id="SB7148_1" class="quote" parent="SB_Canto_7" book="SB" index="46" link="SB 7.1.48" link_text="SB 7.1.48"> | | <div id="SB7148_0" class="quote" parent="SB_Canto_7" book="SB" index="46" link="SB 7.1.48" link_text="SB 7.1.48"> |
| <div class="heading">O my lord, Nārada Muni, why was there such enmity between Hiraṇyakaśipu and his beloved son Prahlāda Mahārāja? | | <div class="heading">O my lord, Nārada Muni, why was there such enmity between Hiraṇyakaśipu and his beloved son Prahlāda Mahārāja? |
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| <div id="SB74Summary_2" class="quote" parent="SB_Canto_7" book="SB" index="138" link="SB 7.4 Summary" link_text="SB 7.4 Summary"> | | <div id="SB74Summary_1" class="quote" parent="SB_Canto_7" book="SB" index="138" link="SB 7.4 Summary" link_text="SB 7.4 Summary"> |
| <div class="heading">Finally, Nārada Muni describes the characteristics of Prahlāda Mahārāja, the son of Hiraṇyakaśipu, and describes how his father envied his own qualified son. | | <div class="heading">Finally, Nārada Muni describes the characteristics of Prahlāda Mahārāja, the son of Hiraṇyakaśipu, and describes how his father envied his own qualified son. |
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| <div id="SB7428_3" class="quote" parent="SB_Canto_7" book="SB" index="159" link="SB 7.4.28" link_text="SB 7.4.28"> | | <div id="SB7428_2" class="quote" parent="SB_Canto_7" book="SB" index="159" link="SB 7.4.28" link_text="SB 7.4.28"> |
| <span class="link">[[Vanisource:SB 7.4.28|SB 7.4.28, Translation]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">When Hiraṇyakaśipu teases the great devotee Prahlāda, his own son, who is peaceful and sober and who has no enemy, I shall kill Hiraṇyakaśipu immediately, despite the benedictions of Brahmā.</p> | | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:SB 7.4.28|SB 7.4.28, Translation]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">When Hiraṇyakaśipu teases the great devotee Prahlāda, his own son, who is peaceful and sober and who has no enemy, I shall kill Hiraṇyakaśipu immediately, despite the benedictions of Brahmā.</p> |
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| <div id="SB743132_4" class="quote" parent="SB_Canto_7" book="SB" index="162" link="SB 7.4.31-32" link_text="SB 7.4.31-32"> | | <div id="SB743132_3" class="quote" parent="SB_Canto_7" book="SB" index="162" link="SB 7.4.31-32" link_text="SB 7.4.31-32"> |
| <div class="heading">The qualities of Mahārāja Prahlāda, the son of Hiraṇyakaśipu, are described herewith. | | <div class="heading">The qualities of Mahārāja Prahlāda, the son of Hiraṇyakaśipu, are described herewith. |
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| <div id="SB7516_5" class="quote" parent="SB_Canto_7" book="SB" index="193" link="SB 7.5.16" link_text="SB 7.5.16"> | | <div id="SB7516_4" class="quote" parent="SB_Canto_7" book="SB" index="193" link="SB 7.5.16" link_text="SB 7.5.16"> |
| <div class="heading">In spite of being the son of the demon Hiraṇyakaśipu, Prahlāda never feared the chastisements of the seminal brāhmaṇa sons of a demoniac father. | | <div class="heading">In spite of being the son of the demon Hiraṇyakaśipu, Prahlāda never feared the chastisements of the seminal brāhmaṇa sons of a demoniac father. |
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| <div id="SB7103_6" class="quote" parent="SB_Canto_7" book="SB" index="417" link="SB 7.10.3" link_text="SB 7.10.3"> | | <div id="SB7103_5" class="quote" parent="SB_Canto_7" book="SB" index="417" link="SB 7.10.3" link_text="SB 7.10.3"> |
| <div class="heading">Although Prahlāda was born in the family of Hiraṇyakaśipu, an atheist, he was never attached to any kind of materialistic enjoyment. | | <div class="heading">Although Prahlāda was born in the family of Hiraṇyakaśipu, an atheist, he was never attached to any kind of materialistic enjoyment. |
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| <span class="link">[[Vanisource:SB 7.10.3|SB 7.10.3, Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="purport text"><p style="display: inline;">In spite of coming to this material world, the nitya-siddha devotee is never attracted by the allurements of material enjoyment. A perfect example is Prahlāda Mahārāja, who was a nitya-siddha, a mahā-bhāgavata devotee. Although Prahlāda was born in the family of Hiraṇyakaśipu, an atheist, he was never attached to any kind of materialistic enjoyment. Desiring to exhibit the symptoms of a pure devotee, the Lord tried to induce Prahlāda Mahārāja to take material benedictions, but Prahlāda Mahārāja did not accept them. On the contrary, by his personal example he showed the symptoms of a pure devotee. In other words, the Lord Himself has no desire to send His pure devotee to this material world, nor does a devotee have any material purpose in coming. When the Lord Himself appears as an incarnation within this material world, He is not allured by the material atmosphere, and He has nothing to do with material activity, yet by His example He teaches the common man how to become a devotee. Similarly, a devotee who comes here in accordance with the order of the Supreme Lord shows by his personal behavior how to become a pure devotee. A pure devotee, therefore, is a practical example for all living entities, including Lord Brahmā.</p> | | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:SB 7.10.3|SB 7.10.3, Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="purport text"><p style="display: inline;">In spite of coming to this material world, the nitya-siddha devotee is never attracted by the allurements of material enjoyment. A perfect example is Prahlāda Mahārāja, who was a nitya-siddha, a mahā-bhāgavata devotee. Although Prahlāda was born in the family of Hiraṇyakaśipu, an atheist, he was never attached to any kind of materialistic enjoyment. Desiring to exhibit the symptoms of a pure devotee, the Lord tried to induce Prahlāda Mahārāja to take material benedictions, but Prahlāda Mahārāja did not accept them. On the contrary, by his personal example he showed the symptoms of a pure devotee. In other words, the Lord Himself has no desire to send His pure devotee to this material world, nor does a devotee have any material purpose in coming. When the Lord Himself appears as an incarnation within this material world, He is not allured by the material atmosphere, and He has nothing to do with material activity, yet by His example He teaches the common man how to become a devotee. Similarly, a devotee who comes here in accordance with the order of the Supreme Lord shows by his personal behavior how to become a pure devotee. A pure devotee, therefore, is a practical example for all living entities, including Lord Brahmā.</p> |
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| | <div id="Sri_Caitanya-caritamrta" class="section" sec_index="2" parent="compilation" text="Sri Caitanya-caritamrta"><h2>Sri Caitanya-caritamrta</h2> |
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| | <div id="CC_Antya-lila" class="sub_section" sec_index="3" parent="Sri_Caitanya-caritamrta" text="CC Antya-lila"><h3>CC Antya-lila</h3> |
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| | <div class="heading">According to the opinion of some historians, Prahlāda Mahārāja was born in Tretā-yuga in the city of Multan, in the state of Punjab. He was born of Hiraṇyakaśipu, a king of the dynasty of Kaśyapa. Prahlāda Mahārāja was a great devotee of Lord Viṣṇu, but his father was very much against Viṣṇu. |
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| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:CC Antya 9.10|CC Antya 9.10, Translation and Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">Prahlāda Mahārāja, Bali Mahārāja, Vyāsadeva, Śukadeva Gosvāmī and other great sages came to visit Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Upon seeing Him, they became unconscious in ecstatic love for Kṛṣṇa.</p> |
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| | <div class="purport text"><p>According to the opinion of some historians, Prahlāda Mahārāja was born in Tretā-yuga in the city of Multan, in the state of Punjab. He was born of Hiraṇyakaśipu, a king of the dynasty of Kaśyapa. Prahlāda Mahārāja was a great devotee of Lord Viṣṇu, but his father was very much against Viṣṇu. Because the father and son thus differed in their consciousness, the demon father inflicted all kinds of bodily pain upon Prahlāda. When this torture became intolerable, the Supreme Lord appeared as Nṛsiṁhadeva and killed the great demon Hiraṇyakaśipu.</p> |
| | <p>Bali Mahārāja was the grandson of Prahlāda Mahārāja. The son of Prahlāda Mahārāja was Virocana, and his son was known as Bali. Appearing as Vāmana and begging Bali Mahārāja for three feet of land, the Lord took possession of the entire three worlds. Thus Bali Mahārāja became a great devotee of Lord Vāmana. Bali Mahārāja had one hundred sons, of whom Mahārāja Bāṇa was the eldest and most famous.</p> |
| | <p>Vyāsadeva was the son of the great sage Parāśara. Other names for him are Sātyavateya and Kṛṣṇa-dvaipāyana Bādarāyaṇa Muni. As one of the authorities on the Vedas, he divided the original Veda, for convenience, into four divisions—Sāma, Yajur, Ṛg and Atharva. He is the author of eighteen Purāṇas as well as the theosophical thesis Brahma-sūtra and its natural commentary, Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. He belongs to the Brahma-sampradāya and is a direct disciple of Nārada Muni.</p> |
| | <p>Śukadeva Gosvāmī is the son of Vyāsadeva. He was a brahmacārī fully conscious of Brahman realization, but later he became a great devotee of Lord Kṛṣṇa. He narrated Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam to Mahārāja Parīkṣit.</p> |
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| <div id="LectureonBG27LondonAugust71973_1" class="quote" parent="Bhagavad-gita_As_It_Is_Lectures" book="Lec" index="39" link="Lecture on BG 2.7 -- London, August 7, 1973" link_text="Lecture on BG 2.7 -- London, August 7, 1973"> | | <div id="LectureonBG27LondonAugust71973_0" class="quote" parent="Bhagavad-gita_As_It_Is_Lectures" book="Lec" index="39" link="Lecture on BG 2.7 -- London, August 7, 1973" link_text="Lecture on BG 2.7 -- London, August 7, 1973"> |
| <div class="heading">He was born in a demonic family, Hiraṇyakaśipu. And his class friends, also, of the same category. So Prahlāda Mahārāja was advising them. | | <div class="heading">He was born in a demonic family, Hiraṇyakaśipu. And his class friends, also, of the same category. So Prahlāda Mahārāja was advising them. |
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| <div id="LectureonBG213NewYorkMarch111966_2" class="quote" parent="Bhagavad-gita_As_It_Is_Lectures" book="Lec" index="58" link="Lecture on BG 2.13 -- New York, March 11, 1966" link_text="Lecture on BG 2.13 -- New York, March 11, 1966"> | | <div id="LectureonBG213NewYorkMarch111966_1" class="quote" parent="Bhagavad-gita_As_It_Is_Lectures" book="Lec" index="58" link="Lecture on BG 2.13 -- New York, March 11, 1966" link_text="Lecture on BG 2.13 -- New York, March 11, 1966"> |
| <div class="heading">So his name was Hiraṇyakaśipu. And the Prahlāda, his son. | | <div class="heading">So his name was Hiraṇyakaśipu. And the Prahlāda, his son. |
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| <div id="LectureonBG13812BombayOctober31973_3" class="quote" parent="Bhagavad-gita_As_It_Is_Lectures" book="Lec" index="359" link="Lecture on BG 13.8-12 -- Bombay, October 3, 1973" link_text="Lecture on BG 13.8-12 -- Bombay, October 3, 1973"> | | <div id="LectureonBG13812BombayOctober31973_2" class="quote" parent="Bhagavad-gita_As_It_Is_Lectures" book="Lec" index="359" link="Lecture on BG 13.8-12 -- Bombay, October 3, 1973" link_text="Lecture on BG 13.8-12 -- Bombay, October 3, 1973"> |
| <div class="heading">Even Prahlāda Mahārāja, he was the son of Hiraṇyakaśipu. | | <div class="heading">Even Prahlāda Mahārāja, he was the son of Hiraṇyakaśipu. |
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| <div id="LectureonBG1845DurbanOctober111975_4" class="quote" parent="Bhagavad-gita_As_It_Is_Lectures" book="Lec" index="404" link="Lecture on BG 18.45 -- Durban, October 11, 1975" link_text="Lecture on BG 18.45 -- Durban, October 11, 1975"> | | <div id="LectureonBG1845DurbanOctober111975_3" class="quote" parent="Bhagavad-gita_As_It_Is_Lectures" book="Lec" index="404" link="Lecture on BG 18.45 -- Durban, October 11, 1975" link_text="Lecture on BG 18.45 -- Durban, October 11, 1975"> |
| <div class="heading">This is the version of Prahlāda Mahārāja. He was preaching Kṛṣṇa consciousness among his school friends. Because he was born in a demon father's family, Hiraṇyakaśipu. | | <div class="heading">This is the version of Prahlāda Mahārāja. He was preaching Kṛṣṇa consciousness among his school friends. Because he was born in a demon father's family, Hiraṇyakaśipu. |
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| <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture on BG 18.45 -- Durban, October 11, 1975|Lecture on BG 18.45 -- Durban, October 11, 1975]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">This is the version of Prahlāda Mahārāja. He was preaching Kṛṣṇa consciousness among his school friends. Because he was born in a demon father's family, Hiraṇyakaśipu, he was stopped even uttering Kṛṣṇa. He could not get any opportunity in the palace, so when he was coming to school, at the tiffin hour he would call his small friends, five years old, and he would preach this Bhāgavata-dharma. And the friends would says, "My dear Prahlāda, we are now children. Oh, what is the use of this Bhāgavata-dharma? Let us play." "No," he said, "no." Kaumāra ācaret prājño dharmān bhāgavatān iha, durlabhaṁ mānuṣaṁ janma: ([[Vanisource:SB 7.6.1|SB 7.6.1]]) "My dear friends, don't say that you'll keep it aside for cultivating Kṛṣṇa consciousness in old age. No, no." Durlabham. "We do not know when we shall die. Before the next death we must complete this Kṛṣṇa consciousness education."</p> | | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture on BG 18.45 -- Durban, October 11, 1975|Lecture on BG 18.45 -- Durban, October 11, 1975]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">This is the version of Prahlāda Mahārāja. He was preaching Kṛṣṇa consciousness among his school friends. Because he was born in a demon father's family, Hiraṇyakaśipu, he was stopped even uttering Kṛṣṇa. He could not get any opportunity in the palace, so when he was coming to school, at the tiffin hour he would call his small friends, five years old, and he would preach this Bhāgavata-dharma. And the friends would says, "My dear Prahlāda, we are now children. Oh, what is the use of this Bhāgavata-dharma? Let us play." "No," he said, "no." Kaumāra ācaret prājño dharmān bhāgavatān iha, durlabhaṁ mānuṣaṁ janma: ([[Vanisource:SB 7.6.1|SB 7.6.1]]) "My dear friends, don't say that you'll keep it aside for cultivating Kṛṣṇa consciousness in old age. No, no." Durlabham. "We do not know when we shall die. Before the next death we must complete this Kṛṣṇa consciousness education."</p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="Srimad-Bhagavatam_Lectures" class="sub_section" sec_index="1" parent="Lectures" text="Srimad-Bhagavatam Lectures"><h3>Srimad-Bhagavatam Lectures</h3> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="LectureonSB128HyderabadApril221974_0" class="quote" parent="Srimad-Bhagavatam_Lectures" book="Lec" index="52" link="Lecture on SB 1.2.8 -- Hyderabad, April 22, 1974" link_text="Lecture on SB 1.2.8 -- Hyderabad, April 22, 1974"> |
| | <div class="heading">Just like Hiraṇyakaśipu, Prahlāda, the father and son. |
| | </div> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture on SB 1.2.8 -- Hyderabad, April 22, 1974|Lecture on SB 1.2.8 -- Hyderabad, April 22, 1974]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">There are two classes of men: deva and asura. Dvau bhūta-sargau loke 'smin daiva āsura eva ca ([[Vanisource:BG 16.6 (1972)|BG 16.6]]). Āsuras tad-viparyayaḥ. Viṣṇu-bhaktaḥ smṛto daiva āsuras tad-viparyayaḥ. Those who are devotees of the Lord, servants of the Lord, they are called deva, or demigods. Āsuras tad-viparyayaḥ. And the asuras are just opposite. Just like Hiraṇyakaśipu, Prahlāda, the father and son. Prahlāda is deva because he is devotee of Kṛṣṇa. And Hiraṇyakaśipu, because Prahlāda is devotee of Kṛṣṇa, he's trying to always tease him. Although he is a five-years-old-boy, his son, his beloved son, but since he became Kṛṣṇa conscious, he became the enemy of the asura, Hiraṇyakaśipu. This process is existing from very, very time immemorial, two classes.</p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="LectureonSB1319LosAngelesSeptember241972_1" class="quote" parent="Srimad-Bhagavatam_Lectures" book="Lec" index="116" link="Lecture on SB 1.3.19 -- Los Angeles, September 24, 1972" link_text="Lecture on SB 1.3.19 -- Los Angeles, September 24, 1972"> |
| | <div class="heading">Just like Prahlāda Mahārāja became a great devotee by the grace of Nārada, although he was born of a father, atheist father, Hiraṇyakaśipu. |
| | </div> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture on SB 1.3.19 -- Los Angeles, September 24, 1972|Lecture on SB 1.3.19 -- Los Angeles, September 24, 1972]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">So sometimes in asura's family also, there are Vaiṣṇavas. By the grace of Nārada. Nārada makes... Just like Prahlāda Mahārāja became a great devotee by the grace of Nārada, although he was born of a father, atheist father, Hiraṇyakaśipu. So Nārada Muni's business is to travel all over the universe and make Vaiṣṇava. So this Bali Mahārāja, he conquered all over the universe, and the demigods were defeated. So Vāmanadeva, He also one of the considered demigods, Upendra. So He went to Bali Mahārāja by a trick. Because Bali Mahārāja... Kṛṣṇa knows that Bali Mahārāja was the grandson of Prahlāda Mahārāja and he was a great devotee at heart. He knew that. Īśvaraḥ sarva-bhūtānāṁ hṛd-deśe 'rjuna tiṣṭhati ([[Vanisource:BG 18.61 (1972)|BG 18.61]]). Lord is situated in everyone's heart. He knows everyone. So therefore, in order to return back the kingdoms taken from the demigods, He made a trick. He went there. Bali Mahārāja was performing a great sacrifice, Bali-dhare.(?) So He went there and asked Bali Mahārāja, "Bali Mahārāja, you are performing such a great sacrifice. I am at your door. I am brāhmaṇa. Will you kindly give Me some donation?" "Yes, why not? That is my... I will give you. Whatever You want, I will give You."</p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="LectureonSB174748VrndavanaOctober61976_2" class="quote" parent="Srimad-Bhagavatam_Lectures" book="Lec" index="194" link="Lecture on SB 1.7.47-48 -- Vrndavana, October 6, 1976" link_text="Lecture on SB 1.7.47-48 -- Vrndavana, October 6, 1976"> |
| | <div class="heading">Prahlāda Mahārāja, being the son of Hiraṇyakaśipu, he considered himself that "I am influenced by the rajo-guṇa and tamo-guṇa." |
| | </div> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture on SB 1.7.47-48 -- Vrndavana, October 6, 1976|Lecture on SB 1.7.47-48 -- Vrndavana, October 6, 1976]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">So here, in this material world, they are being influenced by the three rasas, and Prahlāda Mahārāja, being the son of Hiraṇyakaśipu, he considered himself that "I am influenced by the rajo-guṇa and tamo-guṇa." He's a Vaiṣṇava, he's above all guṇas, but a Vaiṣṇava is never proud of his guṇa. Actually, he does not feel like that, that he is very advanced, he is very enlightened.</p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="LectureonSB1844LosAngelesMay61973_3" class="quote" parent="Srimad-Bhagavatam_Lectures" book="Lec" index="248" link="Lecture on SB 1.8.44 -- Los Angeles, May 6, 1973" link_text="Lecture on SB 1.8.44 -- Los Angeles, May 6, 1973"> |
| | <div class="heading">Prahlāda Mahārāja said that "I am born in a low family. My father is Hiraṇyakaśipu. |
| | </div> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture on SB 1.8.44 -- Los Angeles, May 6, 1973|Lecture on SB 1.8.44 -- Los Angeles, May 6, 1973]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">So even we offer Kṛṣṇa prayer with broken languages, because Kṛṣṇa is Absolute, Kṛṣṇa will accept it. Bhāva-grāhī, bhāva-grāhī-janārdana. Janārdana, Kṛṣṇa, sees how much your heart is pure for serving Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa does not see the wording, the grammatical composition of your prayer. Therefore Prahlāda Mahārāja said... When other demigods were afraid of approaching Nṛsiṁhadeva, so Brahmā requested Prahlāda that "You offer prayer." So Brahmā's prayer is very..., Prahlāda Mahārāja's prayer... So Prahlāda Mahārāja says that "What prayer I shall offer to the Supreme Lord? Such big, big demigods like Brahmā and others, they are present here. Even goddess of fortune, Lakṣmī, is present here. They are afraid or they could not offer proper prayers to Kṛṣṇa, Nṛsiṁhadeva, to pacify Him. He's very angry. So everyone is afraid." So Prahlāda Mahārāja said that "I am born in a low family. My father is Hiraṇyakaśipu. So how I can offer prayer? If big, big demigods could not offer prayer and satisfy the Lord, so what I can do?"</p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="LectureonSB1167LosAngelesJanuary41974_4" class="quote" parent="Srimad-Bhagavatam_Lectures" book="Lec" index="324" link="Lecture on SB 1.16.7 -- Los Angeles, January 4, 1974" link_text="Lecture on SB 1.16.7 -- Los Angeles, January 4, 1974"> |
| | <div class="heading">He was Hiraṇyakaśipu's son. |
| | </div> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture on SB 1.16.7 -- Los Angeles, January 4, 1974|Lecture on SB 1.16.7 -- Los Angeles, January 4, 1974]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">That is his advice, Prahlāda Mahārāja. He was talking with his classfriend, five years old. So he was teaching them that "Just become Kṛṣṇa conscious. Chant Hare Kṛṣṇa." Nārada taught him. He listened from Nārada. So he was convinced that this is the only business, how to make advancement in Kṛṣṇa consciousness by chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra.</p> |
| | <p>So he was Hiraṇyakaśipu's son. He did not appoint any teacher to teach him about Kṛṣṇa consciousness. But when he was in the womb of his mother, Nārada Muni advised the mother about Kṛṣṇa consciousness. She had to live for some time at the care of Nārada Muni when her husband was out being defeated by the demigods, the Hiraṇyakaśipu. So the woman's anxiety was when her husband will come back. And at that time the child was within the womb, and she begged a benediction from Nārada, "Sir, kindly arrange in that way, that as long as my husband does not come back, I may not give birth to this child." Nārada Muni said, "All right, it will be." So Nārada Muni was giving her advice about Kṛṣṇa consciousness. But her mind was absent, but the child within the womb, he was hearing. He was hearing. This is stated in the Bhāgavatam.</p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="LectureonSB2910TokyoApril261972_5" class="quote" parent="Srimad-Bhagavatam_Lectures" book="Lec" index="411" link="Lecture on SB 2.9.10 -- Tokyo, April 26, 1972" link_text="Lecture on SB 2.9.10 -- Tokyo, April 26, 1972"> |
| | <div class="heading">Just like Prahlāda Mahārāja. He is the son of an asura, Hiraṇyakaśipu. |
| | </div> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture on SB 2.9.10 -- Tokyo, April 26, 1972|Lecture on SB 2.9.10 -- Tokyo, April 26, 1972]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">There, there is no more distinction between sura and asura. Here, asuras, they are not devotees. They deny. So asura, how the asura goes there? Asura does not go there as asura, but he goes there as devotee. Just like Prahlāda Mahārāja. He is the son of an asura, Hiraṇyakaśipu. Therefore he is classified asura, son of asura. But this asura quality is not more existing there, although he is promoted. In other words, when one is transferred to the Vaikuṇṭha world there is no such distinction between sura and asura.</p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="LectureonSB612734SuratDecember171970_6" class="quote" parent="Srimad-Bhagavatam_Lectures" book="Lec" index="646" link="Lecture on SB 6.1.27-34 -- Surat, December 17, 1970" link_text="Lecture on SB 6.1.27-34 -- Surat, December 17, 1970"> |
| | <div class="heading">Just like Hiraṇyakaśipu's son is Prahlāda. |
| | </div> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture on SB 6.1.27-34 -- Surat, December 17, 1970|Lecture on SB 6.1.27-34 -- Surat, December 17, 1970]]: </span><div class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Prabhupāda: Brahmājī also enters the spiritual kingdom at the time of annihilation with his persons.</p> |
| | <p>Revatīnandana: Does he undergo a change of body at that time?</p> |
| | <p>Prabhupāda: Yes. That automatically takes place. Just like Hiraṇyakaśipu's son is Prahlāda. It doesn't matter. And spiritual body, material body, that can be changed. (break)</p> |
| | <p>Revatīnandana: It will all be one thing(?), spiritual into material or material...</p> |
| | <p>Prabhupāda: Material means when the consciousness is not Kṛṣṇa. That is material. The same example, that iron rod, if kept to the fire, gradually it becomes warm, warmer, and at last it becomes red. When it is red, it is no longer iron; it is fire. Similarly, by spiritual association, your body gradually becomes spiritualized. And at the perfection stage, there is no more material activities, simply the activities of the fire.</p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="LectureonSB751PandalLectureBombayJanuary121973_7" class="quote" parent="Srimad-Bhagavatam_Lectures" book="Lec" index="727" link="Lecture on SB 7.5.1, Pandal Lecture -- Bombay, January 12, 1973" link_text="Lecture on SB 7.5.1, Pandal Lecture -- Bombay, January 12, 1973"> |
| | <div class="heading">Prahlāda, from the beginning of his life, he was a Vaiṣṇava, although born of an atheist father, Hiraṇyakaśipu. |
| | </div> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture on SB 7.5.1, Pandal Lecture -- Bombay, January 12, 1973|Lecture on SB 7.5.1, Pandal Lecture -- Bombay, January 12, 1973]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">So long, long ago there was an atheist king, Hiraṇyakaśipu, Hiraṇyakaśipu, and his son happened to be a Vaiṣṇava, Prahlāda. So Prahlāda, from the beginning of his life, he was a Vaiṣṇava, although born of an atheist father, Hiraṇyakaśipu. So we shall try to explain the life of Prahlāda Mahārāja while reading Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, there are twelve cantos, out of which we are just trying to explain in the Fifth Canto..., not Fifth Canto, Seventh Canto, Fifth Chapter, Prahlāda Mahārāja's upākhyāna. So Prahlāda Mahārāja, his father Hiraṇyakaśipu was so powerful king that he became by force, demonic force, he became practically the ruler of the all planets. There are different planetary system within this universe. So this demon Hiraṇyakaśipu, some way or other, he achieved great prowess and he conquered over all the planets. Even the demigods, they were under the subjugation of Hiraṇyakaśipu. So his son Prahlāda from the very beginning of his life, because he got instruction from Nārada Muni within the belly of his mother... This is the story.</p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="LectureonSB751PandalLectureBombayJanuary121973_8" class="quote" parent="Srimad-Bhagavatam_Lectures" book="Lec" index="727" link="Lecture on SB 7.5.1, Pandal Lecture -- Bombay, January 12, 1973" link_text="Lecture on SB 7.5.1, Pandal Lecture -- Bombay, January 12, 1973"> |
| | <div class="heading">Because within the womb of this woman there is a son of Hiraṇyakaśipu—he is also demon—therefore, as soon as she gives birth to the child, we shall kill him. |
| | </div> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture on SB 7.5.1, Pandal Lecture -- Bombay, January 12, 1973|Lecture on SB 7.5.1, Pandal Lecture -- Bombay, January 12, 1973]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">At that time the wife of Hiraṇyakaśipu was pregnant, and Prahlāda Mahārāja was there. So because the woman was pregnant, the demigods were taking her away. On the way, Nārada Mahāmuni met the demigods, Indra. So he inquired, "What you are doing? You are dragging a woman? Oh, this is not good." So they explained that "We have nothing to do with this woman. Because within the womb of this woman there is a son of Hiraṇyakaśipu—he is also demon—therefore, as soon as she gives birth to the child, we shall kill him. This is our program." Nārada Muni said, "No. This child is not demon. This child is a great devotee, mahā-bhāgavata. So you cannot do that." So they accepted the word of Nārada Muni and they offered obeisances, "Oh, here is a Vaiṣṇava." This is demigod.</p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="LectureonSB761VrndavanaDecember21975_9" class="quote" parent="Srimad-Bhagavatam_Lectures" book="Lec" index="742" link="Lecture on SB 7.6.1 -- Vrndavana, December 2, 1975" link_text="Lecture on SB 7.6.1 -- Vrndavana, December 2, 1975"> |
| | <div class="heading">Prahlāda Mahārāja was the son of Hiraṇyakaśipu, the famous demon. So it is not that a demon's son will be demon. |
| | </div> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture on SB 7.6.1 -- Vrndavana, December 2, 1975|Lecture on SB 7.6.1 -- Vrndavana, December 2, 1975]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Then Prahlāda Mahārāja. Prahlāda Mahārāja was the son of Hiraṇyakaśipu, the famous demon. So it is not that a demon's son will be demon. That is not. Kṛṣṇa consciousness can be achieved by anyone.</p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="LectureonSB761ExcerptTorontoJune171976_10" class="quote" parent="Srimad-Bhagavatam_Lectures" book="Lec" index="744" link="Lecture on SB 7.6.1 Excerpt -- Toronto, June 17, 1976" link_text="Lecture on SB 7.6.1 Excerpt -- Toronto, June 17, 1976"> |
| | <div class="heading">He was born in a family of atheists. His father, Hiraṇyakaśipu, was atheist number one. |
| | </div> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture on SB 7.6.1 Excerpt -- Toronto, June 17, 1976|Lecture on SB 7.6.1 Excerpt -- Toronto, June 17, 1976]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">This is the history of Prahlāda Mahārāja's birth. There are many other things. If you read this Seventh Canto, Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam... So anyway, somehow or other, he became a great devotee of the Lord. But he was born in a family of atheists. His father, Hiraṇyakaśipu, was atheist number one, but the child was a devotee. Such thing happens. The father is devotee and the child is a demon. And sometimes the father is a demon but the child is a devotee. Everyone comes with his own karma. It doesn't mean that because the father is atheist, therefore the child has to become an atheist. Or the father is a devotee, therefore the child has to become a devotee, no. Everyone is responsible for his past deeds. So Prahlāda Mahārāja was a devotee, but his father did not like that the child should be trained up as a devotee. That was the misunderstanding between the father and the son and the whole history of Prahlāda Mahārāja's life is a description of misunderstanding between the father and the son. The father did not like that the son should be a devotee, but Prahlāda Mahārāja would not give up his devotional service.</p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="LectureonSB774044SanFranciscoMarch201967_11" class="quote" parent="Srimad-Bhagavatam_Lectures" book="Lec" index="781" link="Lecture on SB 7.7.40-44 -- San Francisco, March 20, 1967" link_text="Lecture on SB 7.7.40-44 -- San Francisco, March 20, 1967"> |
| | <div class="heading">He was himself the son of the king, Hiraṇyakaśipu. |
| | </div> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture on SB 7.7.40-44 -- San Francisco, March 20, 1967|Lecture on SB 7.7.40-44 -- San Francisco, March 20, 1967]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">But Prahlāda Mahārāja says that the body itself, dehaḥ, sa vai dehas tu pārakyo bhaṅguro. Either you make your position secure and comfortable in this life or next life... Next life means there are many religious rituals which assures in your next life very comfortable life, very, I mean to say, long duration of life in other planets. So either you make arrangement in this life or in the next life, in the material world, if you make your next life in the spiritual world, then that is a different question. But so far we are materially concerned, either we make comfortable life in this life or in the next. But the body itself is kṣaṇa-bhaṅguraḥ, it is perishable. It is perishable. Sa vai dehas tu pārakyo bhaṅguro yāty upaiti.</p> |
| | :kim u vyavahitāpatya- |
| | :dārāgāra-dhanādayaḥ |
| | :rājya-kośa-gajāmātya- |
| | :bhṛtyāptā mamatāspadāḥ |
| | :([[Vanisource:SB 7.7.44|SB 7.7.44]]) |
| | <p>They were all sons of big chieftains and ministers, and he was himself the son of the king, Hiraṇyakaśipu. Therefore he was speaking from his own standard. He says that kim u vyavahitāpatya-dārāgāra-dhanādayaḥ. Apatya means we are expanding. We are single. Now we are expanding by our children, apatya. And dāra means wife. The Sanskrit word strī... Strī means woman, and the root meaning of strī means "which expands." As soon as you have got wife, you expand yourself. You are one, and as soon as you get your wife, you become three, four, five. So strī means that helps me expanding. That is the root meaning. So Prahlāda Mahārāja says that what is the use by expanding your attachment to this material world by children?</p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="LectureonSB795MayapurFebruary251977_12" class="quote" parent="Srimad-Bhagavatam_Lectures" book="Lec" index="791" link="Lecture on SB 7.9.5 -- Mayapur, February 25, 1977" link_text="Lecture on SB 7.9.5 -- Mayapur, February 25, 1977"> |
| | <div class="heading">Prahlāda Mahārāja never thou ght that "I am son of Hiraṇyakaśipu." |
| | </div> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture on SB 7.9.5 -- Mayapur, February 25, 1977|Lecture on SB 7.9.5 -- Mayapur, February 25, 1977]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Prahlāda Mahārāja is one of the mahājanas. Out of the twelve mahājanas, Prahlāda Mahārāja is one of the mahājanas. Svayambhūr nāradaḥ śambhuḥ kapilo manuḥ prahlādaḥ ([[Vanisource:SB 6.3.20-21|SB 6.3.20]]). Prahlāda Mahārāja name is there. Janako bhīṣmo balir vaiyāsakir vayam. So Prahlāda Mahārāja is mahājana. So follow, try to follow, Prahlāda Mahārāja. Anusaraṇa. Sādhu-mārgānugamanam. So what Prahlāda Mahārāja did? He was put into so many troubles by his father, and what did he do? He was simply thinking of Kṛṣṇa, "What can I do? My father is against." That is man-manā bhava mad-bhaktaḥ. And at last, when the father is killed, he is offering obeisances. So these four things, follow in the footsteps sincerely, as an unalloyed devotee. Sarvopādhi-vinirmuktam ([[Vanisource:CC Madhya 19.170|CC Madhya 19.170]]). Prahlāda Mahārāja never thou ght that "I am son of Hiraṇyakaśipu." Never thought. He always used to think, "I am the servant of Nārada." That he said. When He wanted to give him benediction, so he asked Nṛsiṁhadeva, "Kindly engage me in the service of Your servant, Nārada, by whom I have got this instruction." He never said, "Let me serve my father." No. Because he got instruction, he always... Cakṣudana dilo janme janme pitā sei. He is father. No other father. Cakṣudana dilo yei, janme janme pitā sei.</p> |
| | </div> |
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| | <div id="LectureonSB798MayapurFebruary151976_13" class="quote" parent="Srimad-Bhagavatam_Lectures" book="Lec" index="800" link="Lecture on SB 7.9.8 -- Mayapur, February 15, 1976" link_text="Lecture on SB 7.9.8 -- Mayapur, February 15, 1976"> |
| | <div class="heading">Prahlāda Mahārāja is considering himself born of a father, Hiraṇyakaśipu, as ugra-karma. |
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| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture on SB 7.9.8 -- Mayapur, February 15, 1976|Lecture on SB 7.9.8 -- Mayapur, February 15, 1976]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">So Prahlāda Mahārāja is considering himself born of a father, Hiraṇyakaśipu, as ugra-karma. So he's saying, harir ugra-jāteḥ, that the... Brahmādayaḥ sura-gaṇa, "Lord Brahmā and other demigods, they are coming from the higher planetary system, and they are in the sattvika guṇa, sattva-guṇa. They are not ordinary person." Just like coming from some pious pilgrimage, he's supposed to be very nice man, similarly, brahmādayaḥ, they are coming from svarga-loka. Why svarga-loka is better than this loka? The thing is, in the svarga-loka, although they are attached to material enjoyment, still, they are great devotees. Therefore svarga-loka is praised. They are not like us. Here, those who are attached to material prosperity, they forget Kṛṣṇa, or God.</p> |
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| | <div id="LectureonSB798MayapurFebruary151976_14" class="quote" parent="Srimad-Bhagavatam_Lectures" book="Lec" index="800" link="Lecture on SB 7.9.8 -- Mayapur, February 15, 1976" link_text="Lecture on SB 7.9.8 -- Mayapur, February 15, 1976"> |
| | <div class="heading">He's thinking that "I am the son of Hiraṇyakaśipu. How I can offer?" |
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| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture on SB 7.9.8 -- Mayapur, February 15, 1976|Lecture on SB 7.9.8 -- Mayapur, February 15, 1976]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Prahlāda Mahārāja, although born of a demonic father, he was completely pure. He was completely on the transcendental stage. Therefore he could offer prayers to the Lord; others cannot. So a Vaiṣṇava is very humble. He... Although everyone has admitted that he is on the stage of prema, but he is a Vaiṣṇava. He's thinking that "I am the son of Hiraṇyakaśipu. How I can offer?" This is Vaiṣṇava humbleness. That is the teaching of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.</p> |
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| | <div id="LectureonSB7952VrndavanaApril71976_15" class="quote" parent="Srimad-Bhagavatam_Lectures" book="Lec" index="857" link="Lecture on SB 7.9.52 -- Vrndavana, April 7, 1976" link_text="Lecture on SB 7.9.52 -- Vrndavana, April 7, 1976"> |
| | <div class="heading">Because Prahlāda was born of a father, Hiraṇyakaśipu, and the most ferocious asura, so he cannot escape the relationship with his father, with reference to his father. |
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| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture on SB 7.9.52 -- Vrndavana, April 7, 1976|Lecture on SB 7.9.52 -- Vrndavana, April 7, 1976]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">So we should not think independent. We must become bhadra. Then all auspicity will come. These two words, if you can understand... Prahlāda bhadra bhadraṁ te ([[Vanisource:SB 7.9.52|SB 7.9.52]]). If you are not bhadra, then you will remain always abhadra, rākṣasa or asura. And here it is said, 'prīto haṁ te asurottamam: "You are the best of the asura family." Because Prahlāda was born of a father, Hiraṇyakaśipu, and the most ferocious asura, so he cannot escape the relationship with his father, with reference to his father. "How can I say that I am not son of a...?" There is that asura, mean, facility or disadvantage. But he is uttama. He surpassed that platform. How it is possible? Now, because Kṛṣṇa is pleased upon him. Prīto 'ham. Although he is born in an asura family, low-grade family, but because Kṛṣṇa is pleased upon him, he becomes immediately bhadra. This is the facility.</p> |
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| | <div id="Nectar_of_Devotion_Lectures" class="sub_section" sec_index="2" parent="Lectures" text="Nectar of Devotion Lectures"><h3>Nectar of Devotion Lectures</h3> |
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| | <div id="TheNectarofDevotionBombayDecember271972_0" class="quote" parent="Nectar_of_Devotion_Lectures" book="Lec" index="7" link="The Nectar of Devotion -- Bombay, December 27, 1972" link_text="The Nectar of Devotion -- Bombay, December 27, 1972"> |
| | <div class="heading">Prahlāda is the son of Hiraṇyakaśipu; a great devotee. |
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| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:The Nectar of Devotion -- Bombay, December 27, 1972|The Nectar of Devotion -- Bombay, December 27, 1972]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">But the atheist class of men, they do not see. They do not like to see. Just like Hiraṇyakaśipu and Prahlāda. Prahlāda is the son of Hiraṇyakaśipu; a great devotee. And the father is atheist. That is the struggle. This struggle between the atheist and theist, always existing. But God, Hiraṇya, I mean to say, Nṛsiṁhadeva appeared. Nṛsiṁhadeva appeared for the solace of the devotee, Prahlāda, and for the death of the atheist. Both of them saw. Prahlāda saw Nṛsiṁhadeva as the most worshipable Deity, and Hiraṇyakaśipu saw the same person as death. Therefore God can be seen by everyone, atheist or theist, but they see in a different way. The, the theist, the devotee, sees God... Just like these devotees are worshiping the Lord, Kṛṣṇa, that "Here is Kṛṣṇa, Rādhārāṇī, and let us offer Him respect by offering ārātrika, prasādam." They're seeing also. The atheist will say, "What this nonsense? Some idol they are worshiping." The atheist will see, "What is this non...?" But that atheist will see God at the time of death, when He'll come as Nṛsiṁhadeva: immediately finished. All his assets, finished. With the body, the, everything he has possessed, the family or the house, the bank balance, this or that, everything is finished. Now he begins another chapter. He forgets.</p> |
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| | <div id="Sri_Caitanya-caritamrta_Lectures" class="sub_section" sec_index="3" parent="Lectures" text="Sri Caitanya-caritamrta Lectures"><h3>Sri Caitanya-caritamrta Lectures</h3> |
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| | <div id="LectureonCCMadhyalila614950GorakhpurFebruary131971_0" class="quote" parent="Sri_Caitanya-caritamrta_Lectures" book="Lec" index="41" link="Lecture on CC Madhya-lila 6.149-50 -- Gorakhpur, February 13, 1971" link_text="Lecture on CC Madhya-lila 6.149-50 -- Gorakhpur, February 13, 1971"> |
| | <div class="heading">And Prahlāda, the son of Hiraṇyakaśipu. |
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| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture on CC Madhya-lila 6.149-50 -- Gorakhpur, February 13, 1971|Lecture on CC Madhya-lila 6.149-50 -- Gorakhpur, February 13, 1971]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Kapila is incarnation of God, Kapiladeva, the propounder of the Sāṅkhya philosophy. Kumāra, the four Kumāras, ever brahmacārī. And Manu, Vaivasvata Manu, the father of Mahārāja Ikṣvāku. And Prahlāda, the son of Hiraṇyakaśipu. The father was atheist and the son was a devotee, great devotee of Lord Kṛṣṇa. Then Janaka Mahārāja, the father of Sītādevī. And Bhīṣma, the grandfather of the Pāṇḍavas. Prahlādo janako bhīṣmaḥ. Then Vaiyāsaki, Śukadeva Gosvāmī; and Yamarāja, they are authorities.</p> |
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| | <div id="General_Lectures" class="sub_section" sec_index="11" parent="Lectures" text="General Lectures"><h3>General Lectures</h3> |
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| | <div id="LectureLondonAugust231973_0" class="quote" parent="General_Lectures" book="Lec" index="138" link="Lecture -- London, August 23, 1973" link_text="Lecture -- London, August 23, 1973"> |
| | <div class="heading">Then Prahlāda Mahārāja, Hiraṇyakaśipu's son, he is also mahājana. |
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| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture -- London, August 23, 1973|Lecture -- London, August 23, 1973]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">The original Manu is the emperor of the universe. That Manu. Then Prahlāda Mahārāja, Hiraṇyakaśipu's son, he is also mahājana. We have to learn how to execute dharma from these great personalities.</p> |
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| | <div id="LectureEngagementatBirlaHouseBombayDecember171975_1" class="quote" parent="General_Lectures" book="Lec" index="164" link="Lecture Engagement at Birla House -- Bombay, December 17, 1975" link_text="Lecture Engagement at Birla House -- Bombay, December 17, 1975"> |
| | <div class="heading">Prahlāda Mahārāja was born of Hiraṇyakaśipu, great demon. |
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| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture Engagement at Birla House -- Bombay, December 17, 1975|Lecture Engagement at Birla House -- Bombay, December 17, 1975]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">This is the instruction of Prahlāda Mahārāja to his class friend. Prahlāda Mahārāja was born of Hiraṇyakaśipu, great demon. He is described as demon because he was interested only in material comforts. Hiraṇya means gold, gold and very comfortable situation of material life. He was interested in that, and he wanted to teach his son about this economic development. But Prahlāda Mahārāja, when he was in the womb of his mother... There was fight between the demons and the demigods, so the demons—sometimes when there is fight, sometimes one party is victorious, sometimes the other party is victorious—so the demigods' party became victorious, and they were harassing the demons like anything. So Hiraṇyakaśipu's wife, she was pregnant, she was captured by Indra, the King of heaven, and she was being dragged to take her in the house of Indra. In the way, Nārada Muni met them; he chastised Indra. Nārada Muni was devarṣi, ṛṣi amongst the demigods. So he said, "Why you are giving trouble to this woman? This is not good." So the demons replied, demigods replied that "This woman is pregnant, and there is Hiraṇyakaśipu's son. So we want to kill that son also, because he is demon. So we are taking this woman to our place just to wait for the time of her delivering the child." At that time Nārada Muni said, "No, no. This child is not a demon child. This child who is within the womb of this woman, he is a great devotee, so don't try to kill him. Neither you can kill him, that is not possible." So they are demigods, they accepted Nārada Muni's proposal.</p> |
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