SB 7.5.42

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Seventh Canto - Chapter 5: Prahlāda Mahārāja, the Saintly Son of Hiraṇyakaśipu

SB 7.5.41 - SB 7.5.43-44

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 42

prayāse 'pahate tasmin

daityendraḥ pariśaṅkitaḥ

cakāra tad-vadhopāyān

nirbandhena yudhiṣṭhira

SYNONYMS

prayāse — when the endeavor; apahate — futile; tasmin — that; daitya-indraḥ — the King of the demons, Hiraṇyakaśipu; pariśaṅkitaḥ — very much afraid (considering how the boy was protected); cakāra — executed; tat-vadha-upāyān — various means for killing him; nirbandhena — with determination; yudhiṣṭhira — O King Yudhiṣṭhira.

TRANSLATION

My dear King Yudhiṣṭhira, when all the attempts of the demons to kill Prahlāda Mahārāja were futile, the King of the demons, Hiraṇyakaśipu, being most fearful, began contriving other means to kill him.

SB 7.5.41 - SB 7.5.43-44