Shloka 5
Nṛsiṁhadeva Appears from the Pillar and Slays Hiraṇyakaśipu
श्रीहिरण्यकशिपुरुवाच हे दुर्विनीत मन्दात्मन्कुलभेदकराधम । स्तब्धं मच्छासनोद्वृत्तं नेष्ये त्वाद्य यमक्षयम् ॥ ५ ॥
śrī-hiraṇyakaśipur uvāca he durvinīta mandātman kula-bheda-karādhama stabdhaṁ mac-chāsanodvṛttaṁ neṣye tvādya yama-kṣayam
ဟီရန်ညာကရှီပူက ပြောသည် - အို အောက်တန်းကျသော၊ ဉာဏ်မဲ့သော မိသားစုဖျက်ဆီးသူ၊ အို လူယုတ်မာ၊ သင်သည် ငါ၏အုပ်ချုပ်မှုကို ချိုးဖောက်ခဲ့သည်၊ ထို့ကြောင့် သင်သည် ခေါင်းမာသော လူမိုက်ဖြစ်သည်။ ယနေ့ ငါသင့်ကို ယမမင်းထံ ပို့လိုက်မည်။
Hiraṇyakaśipu condemned his Vaiṣṇava son Prahlāda for being durvinīta — ungentle, uncivilized, or impudent. Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura, however, has derived a meaning from this word durvinīta by the mercy of the goddess of learning, Sarasvatī. He says that duḥ refers to this material world. This is confirmed by Lord Kṛṣṇa in His instruction in Bhagavad-gītā that this material world is duḥkhālayam, full of material conditions. Vi means viśeṣa, “specifically,” and nīta means “brought in.” By the mercy of the Supreme Lord, Prahlāda Mahārāja was especially brought to this material world to teach people how to get out of the material condition. Lord Kṛṣṇa says, yadā yadā hi dharmasya glānir bhavati bhārata. When the entire population, or part of it, becomes forgetful of its own duty, Kṛṣṇa comes. When Kṛṣṇa is not present the devotee is present, but the mission is the same: to free the poor conditioned souls from the clutches of the māyā that chastises them.
FAQs
This verse shows how a powerful atheist king threatens death to stop devotion, yet the narrative highlights that true bhakti is not defeated by intimidation or fear of Yama (death).
Prahlāda’s unwavering devotion to Viṣṇu and refusal to accept his father’s supremacy enraged Hiraṇyakaśipu, who saw it as rebellion against his rule and a disgrace to his dynasty.
When pressured to abandon values or faith, remain steady, respectful, and principled—do not let fear-based threats dictate conscience.