Shloka 16
Prahlāda Rejects Material Boons; Forgives His Father; Tripura and the Power of Remembrance
श्रीप्रह्राद उवाच वरं वरय एतत्ते वरदेशान्महेश्वर । यदनिन्दत्पिता मे त्वामविद्वांस्तेज ऐश्वरम् ॥ १५ ॥ विद्धामर्षाशय: साक्षात्सर्वलोकगुरुं प्रभुम् । भ्रातृहेति मृषादृष्टिस्त्वद्भक्ते मयि चाघवान् ॥ १६ ॥ तस्मात्पिता मे पूयेत दुरन्ताद् दुस्तरादघात् । पूतस्तेऽपाङ्गसंदृष्टस्तदा कृपणवत्सल ॥ १७ ॥
śrī-prahrāda uvāca varaṁ varaya etat te varadeśān maheśvara yad anindat pitā me tvām avidvāṁs teja aiśvaram
সাক্ষাৎ সৰ্বলোকগুরু প্ৰভুক নাজানি, অন্তৰত ক্ৰোধ ধৰি, ‘ভ্ৰাতৃহা’ এই মিছা দৃষ্টিৰে আপোনাৰ ভক্ত মোৰ প্ৰতিও পাপ কৰিছিল। হে প্ৰভু, দয়া কৰি তেওঁৰ অপৰাধ ক্ষমা কৰক।
Although Hiraṇyakaśipu was purified as soon as he came in contact with the Lord’s lap and the Lord saw him, Prahlāda Mahārāja still wanted to hear from the Lord’s own mouth that his father had been purified by the Lord’s causeless mercy. Prahlāda Mahārāja offered this prayer to the Lord for the sake of his father. As a Vaiṣṇava son, despite all the inconveniences imposed upon him by his father, he could not forget his father’s affection.
FAQs
Prahlada asked that his father—who had blasphemed the Lord out of ignorance—be purified and forgiven.
Because Prahlada’s devotion was free from hatred; he saw the Lord as the supreme well-wisher and desired his father’s welfare and purification.
It teaches devotional forgiveness—responding to harm with prayer for the other person’s reform rather than vengeance.