Shloka 38
Prahlāda Rejects Material Boons; Forgives His Father; Tripura and the Power of Remembrance
ताविहाथ पुनर्जातौ शिशुपालकरूषजौ । हरौ वैरानुबन्धेन पश्यतस्ते समीयतु: ॥ ३८ ॥
tāv ihātha punar jātau śiśupāla-karūṣa-jau harau vairānubandhena paśyatas te samīyatuḥ
ते दोघे पुन्हा मनुष्यलोकी शिशुपाल व दंतवक्र म्हणून जन्मले आणि हरिप्रती तोच वैरभाव धरून राहिले; आणि तुमच्या पाहतापाहता शेवटी ते प्रभूच्या देहात विलीन झाले.
Vairānubandhena. Acting like the Lord’s enemy is also beneficial for the living entity. Kāmād dveṣād bhayāt snehād. Whether in lusty desire, anger, fear or envy of the Lord, somehow or other, as recommended by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī ( tasmāt kenāpy upāyena ), one should become attached to the Supreme Personality of Godhead and ultimately achieve the goal of returning home, back to Godhead. What, then, is to be said of one who is related to the Supreme Personality of Godhead as a servant, friend, father, mother or conjugal lover?
FAQs
This verse says Śiśupāla and Dantavakra attained Hari because their consciousness was continuously bound to Him through hostility (vairānubandha).
Śukadeva Gosvāmī explains their rebirth and liberation while narrating the results of absorption in the Lord.
The takeaway is the power of constant remembrance—direct it positively through devotion, so the mind stays absorbed in Hari without negativity.