Chapter 5
श्रीनारद उवाच गुरुणैवं प्रतिप्रोक्तो भूय आहासुर: सुतम् । न चेद्गुरुमुखीयं ते कुतोऽभद्रासती मति: ॥ २९ ॥
Transliteration
śrī-nārada uvāca guruṇaivaṁ pratiprokto bhūya āhāsuraḥ sutam na ced guru-mukhīyaṁ te kuto ’bhadrāsatī matiḥ
Synonyms (Word-for-Word)
śrī-nāradaḥ uvāca — Nārada Muni said; guruṇā — by the teacher; evam — thus; pratiproktaḥ — being answered; bhūyaḥ — again; āha — said; asuraḥ — the great demon, Hiraṇyakaśipu; sutam — unto his son; na — not; cet — if; guru-mukhī — issued from the mouth of your teacher; iyam — this; te — your; kutaḥ — from where; abhadra — O inauspicious one; asatī — very bad; matiḥ — inclination.
Translation
“Śrī Nārada Muni continued: When Hiraṇyakaśipu received this reply from the teacher, he again addressed his son Prahlāda. Hiraṇyakaśipu said: You rascal, most fallen of our family, if you have not received this education from your teachers, where have you gotten it?”