Chapter 5

Verse 35 (SB 7.5.35)

SB 7.5.34

SB 7.5.36

SB 7.5.35 • मूल श्लोक

अयं मे भ्रातृहा सोऽयं हित्वा स्वान् सुहृदोऽधम: । पितृव्यहन्तु: पादौ यो विष्णोर्दासवदर्चति ॥ ३५ ॥

Transliteration

ayaṁ me bhrātṛ-hā so ’yaṁ hitvā svān suhṛdo ’dhamaḥ pitṛvya-hantuḥ pādau yo viṣṇor dāsavad arcati

Synonyms (Word-for-Word)

ayam — this; me — my; bhrātṛ-hā — killer of the brother; saḥ — he; ayam — this; hitvā — giving up; svān — own; suhṛdaḥ — well-wishers; adhamaḥ — very low; pitṛvya-hantuḥ — of He who killed his uncle Hiraṇyākṣa; pādau — at the two feet; yaḥ — he who; viṣṇoḥ — of Lord Viṣṇu; dāsa-vat — like a servant; arcati — serves.

Translation

“This boy Prahlāda is the killer of my brother, for he has given up his family to engage in the devotional service of the enemy, Lord Viṣṇu, like a menial servant.”

Bhaktivedanta Purport

By Śrīla Prabhupāda

Hiraṇyakaśipu considered his son Prahlāda Mahārāja to be the killer of his brother because Prahlāda Mahārāja was engaged in the devotional service of Lord Viṣṇu. In other words, Prahlāda Mahārāja would be elevated to sārūpya liberation, and in that sense he resembled Lord Viṣṇu. Therefore Prahlāda was to be killed by Hiraṇyakaśipu. Devotees, Vaiṣṇavas, attain the liberations of sārūpya, sālokya, sārṣṭi and sāmīpya, whereas the Māyāvādīs are supposed to attain the liberation known as sāyujya. Sāyujya-mukti, however, is not very secure, whereas sārūpya-mukti, sālokya-mukti, sārṣṭi-mukti and sāmīpya-mukti are most certain. Although the servants of Lord Viṣṇu, Nārāyaṇa, in the Vaikuṇṭha planets are equally situated with the Lord, the devotees there know very well that the Lord is the master whereas they are servants.