Shloka 33

Brahmā’s Boons, Hiraṇyakaśipu’s Cosmic Tyranny, and Prahlāda’s Transcendental Qualities

Devanagari script

नोद्विग्नचित्तो व्यसनेषु नि:स्पृह: श्रुतेषु द‍ृष्टेषु गुणेष्ववस्तुद‍ृक् । दान्तेन्द्रियप्राणशरीरधी: सदा प्रशान्तकामो रहितासुरोऽसुर: ॥ ३३ ॥

Transliteration

nodvigna-citto vyasaneṣu niḥspṛhaḥ śruteṣu dṛṣṭeṣu guṇeṣv avastu-dṛk dāntendriya-prāṇa-śarīra-dhīḥ sadā praśānta-kāmo rahitāsuro ’suraḥ

Translation

အန္တရာယ်များကြားတွင်ပင် ပရဟ္လာဒ မဟာရာဇာ၏စိတ်သည် မလှုပ်ရှားဘဲ၊ အလိုမရှိ မကပ်လှမ်းသူဖြစ်သည်။ သြရုတိတွင်ဖော်ပြသည့်အရာများနှင့် မျက်မြင်တွေ့ရသော ပစ္စည်းဂုဏ်များကို အနှစ်သာရမရှိဟု မြင်သဖြင့် လောကီဆန္ဒများ ပျောက်ကင်းခဲ့သည်။ အင်ဒြိယ၊ ပရాణ၊ ကိုယ်ခန္ဓာနှင့် ဉာဏ်ကို အမြဲထိန်းချုပ်ကာ ကာမတဏှာကို နှိမ်နင်းထားသည်။ အဆုရမျိုးရိုးတွင် မွေးဖွားသော်လည်း သူသည် အဆုရမဟုတ်ဘဲ ဗိဿဏု၏ မဟာဘက္တဖြစ်ပြီး ဝိုင်ရှ္ဏဝများကို မနာလိုမဖြစ်ခဲ့။

Synonyms

• न-उद्विग्न-चित्तः: whose mind is not disturbed
• न-उद्विग्न-चित्तः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: न (अव्यय) + उद्विग्न (कृदन्त; √द्विज्/द्विज्+उद्, क्त) + चित्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; नञ्-समास—‘उद्विग्नं चित्तं यस्य न’

• व्यसनेषु: in calamities
• व्यसनेषु: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यसन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचन

• नि:स्पृहः: free from desire
• नि:स्पृहः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नि:स्पृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; निः-उपसर्गयुक्त विशेषण

• श्रुतेषु: in what is heard
• श्रुतेषु: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रुत (कृदन्त; √श्रु, क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, बहुवचन; ‘श्रुत’ = heard (things)

• दृष्टेषु: in what is seen
• दृष्टेषु: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दृष्ट (कृदन्त; √दृश्, क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, बहुवचन; ‘दृष्ट’ = seen (things)

• गुणेषु: in qualities
• गुणेषु: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, बहुवचन

• अवस्तु-दृक्: one who sees the unreal (as unreal)
• अवस्तु-दृक्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अवस्तु (नञ्-समास; a+वस्तु) + दृक् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘अवस्तु’ = non-real; ‘दृक्’ = seer; तत्पुरुष—‘अवस्तु पश्यति/अवस्तु-दृक्’ (one who sees the unreal as unreal)

• दान्त-इन्द्रिय-प्राण-शरीर-धीः: with controlled senses, breath, body, and intellect
• दान्त-इन्द्रिय-प्राण-शरीर-धीः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दान्त (कृदन्त; √दम्, क्त) + इन्द्रिय (प्रातिपदिक) + प्राण (प्रातिपदिक) + शरीर (प्रातिपदिक) + धी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष—‘दान्तानि इन्द्रिय-प्राण-शरीराणि, तथा धीः’ (controlled senses, life-breath, body, and intellect)

• सदा: always
• सदा: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: काल-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• प्रशान्त-कामः: whose desires are pacified
• प्रशान्त-कामः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रशान्त (कृदन्त; √शम्+प्र, क्त) + काम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘प्रशान्तः कामः यस्य’

• रहित-असुरः: free from demoniac traits
• रहित-असुरः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रहित (कृदन्त; √रह्, क्त/निष्ठा) + असुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘असुरत्वेन रहितः’ (free from demoniac nature)

• असुरः: (though) an asura
• असुरः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: असुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; (पुनरुक्त्या) जातिवाचकः

Purport

From this verse we discover that a man is not qualified or disqualified simply by birth. Prahlāda Mahārāja was an asura by birth, yet he possessed all the qualities of a perfect brāhmaṇa ( brahmaṇyaḥ śīla-sampannaḥ ). Anyone can become a fully qualified brāhmaṇa under the direction of a spiritual master. Prahlāda Mahārāja provided a vivid example of how to think of the spiritual master and accept his directions calmly.

Characters & Entities

• Prahlāda
• Hiraṇyakaśipu

FAQs

What does the Srimad Bhagavatam say about remaining peaceful in distress?

This verse says a spiritually grounded person is not mentally agitated even in calamity, because cravings are pacified and sense-objects are seen as insubstantial.

Why did Prahlada Maharaja speak about self-control and detachment to asura boys?

Prahlāda was instructing his demoniac schoolmates that true strength is mastery over senses, mind, and desires—showing that even one born in an asura family can become saintly through devotion and wisdom.

How can I apply this teaching in modern life?

Practice reducing craving, regulate the senses, and reframe attractive experiences as temporary; this builds steadiness during setbacks and supports a peaceful, devotional mindset.