Is He in this Pillar?

Is He in this pillar?

After some time Hiranyakasipu overheard what was taking place. Grabbing Prahlada’s hands, he demanded:

 

sri-hiranyakasipur uvaca

he durvinta mandatman

kula-bheda-karadhama

stabdham mac-chasanodvrttam

nesye tvadya yama-ksayam

 “O most impudent, most unintelligent disruptor of the family, O lowest of mankind, you have violated my power to rule you, and therefore you are an obstinate fool. Today I shall send you to the place of Yamaraja.”

 

Hiranyakasipu said, 

“What nonsense are you doing?! You are so disobedient! You are like a dull stone, with no intelligence at all. I am from an aristocratic dynasty. You have become like the handle of an axe that is trying to chop down my entire dynasty. I will teach you a lesson! I am now going to kill you! Let us see who will save you now!”

 

“My son Prahlada, you rascal, you know that when I am angry all the planets of the three worlds tremble, along with their chief rulers. By whose power has a rascal like you become so impudent that you appear fearless and overstep my power to rule you?”

 

Prahlada Maharaja said: 

“My dear King, the source of my strength, of which you are asking, is also the source of yours. Indeed, the original source of all kinds of strength is one. He is not only your strength or mine, but the only strength for everyone. Without Him, no one can get any strength. Whether moving or not moving, superior or inferior, everyone, including Lord Brahma, is controlled by the strength of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.”

 

Hiranyakasipu asked Prahlada Maharaja, 

“Where is your Lord? Is He present in this pillar?”

 

Prahlada Maharaja fearlessly replied, 

“Yes, my Lord is present everywhere.”

satyam vidhatum nija-bhrtya-bhasitam

vyaptim ca bhutesv akhilesu catmanah

adrsyatatyadbhuta-rupam udvahan

stambhe sabhayam na mrgam na manusam

 

 “To prove that the statement of His servant Prahlada Maharaja was substantial – in other words, to prove that the Supreme Lord is present everywhere, even within the pillar of an assembly hall – the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Hari, exhibited a wonderful form never before seen. The form was neither that of a man nor that of a lion.”

 

To convince Hiranyakasipu that the statement of Prahlada Maharaja was unmistakably true, the Lord appeared from the pillar, with flames emanating from His mane. By manifesting His form as Nrsimhadeva, the Lord also preserved the truth of Lord Brahma’s promise that Hiranyakasipu was not to be killed by any animal or any man. The Lord appeared in a form that could not be said to be fully a man or a lion. He was extremely angry, and no one could pacify Him. Brahma, Sankara, and all other demigods present became worried regarding how to pacify Him.

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