Verse 2.10.70-072

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.10.70-072:

বিষ, সর্প, অগ্নি, জলে, পাথরে বান্ধি যাফেলিল প্রহ্লাদে দুষ্ট হিরণ্য ধরিযা প্রহ্লাদ করিল তোর চরণ-স্মরণ স্মরণ-প্রভাবে সর্ব দুঃখ-বিমোচন কা’রো বা ভাঙ্গিল দন্ত, কা’রো তেজো-নাশ স্মরণ-প্রভাবে তুমি হৈলা প্রকাশ ॥ ৭০-০৭২ ॥

विष, सर्प, अग्नि, जले, पाथरे बान्धि याफेलिल प्रह्लादे दुष्ट हिरण्य धरिया प्रह्लाद करिल तोर चरण-स्मरण स्मरण-प्रभावे सर्व दुःख-विमोचन का’रो वा भाङ्गिल दन्त, का’रो तेजो-नाश स्मरण-प्रभावे तुमि हैला प्रकाश ॥ ७०-०७२ ॥

viṣa, sarpa, agni, jale, pāthare bāndhi yāphelila prahlāde duṣṭa hiraṇya dhariyā prahlāda karila tora caraṇa-smaraṇa smaraṇa-prabhāve sarva duḥkha-vimocana kā’ro vā bhāṅgila danta, kā’ro tejo-nāśa smaraṇa-prabhāve tumi hailā prakāśa || 70-072 ||

visa, sarpa, agni, jale, pathare bandhi yaphelila prahlade dusta hiranya dhariya prahlada karila tora carana-smarana smarana-prabhave sarva duhkha-vimocana ka’ro va bhangila danta, ka’ro tejo-nasa smarana-prabhave tumi haila prakasa (70-072)

English translation:

(70-072) “Although the sinful Hiraṇyakaśipu tortured Prahlāda by giving him poison, throwing him to the snakes, throwing him into the fire, and throwing him bound to a rock into the water, Prahlāda simply remembered Your lotus feet and was delivered from all those calamities by the influence of that remembrance. Some lost their teeth and some lost their prowess when You manifested by the influence of his remembrance.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

In the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam (7.5.43-44) it is stated: “Hiraṇyakaśipu could not kill his son by throwing him beneath the feet of big elephants, throwing him among huge, fearful snakes, employing destructive spells, hurling him from the top of a hill, conjuring up illusory tricks, administering poison, starving him, exposing him to severe cold, winds, fire and water, or throwing heavy stones to crush him. When Hiraṇyakaśipu found that he could not in any way harm Prahlāda, who was completely sinless, he was in great anxiety about what to do next.” In this regard, one should also see the Viṣṇu Purāṇa, Part One, Chapters Eighteen to Twenty.