--- In [email protected], "sadhak108" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> --- In [email protected], "Bob Brigante"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > From one hour and 10 mins on during the mou.org press conference
of
> > 13Apr2005, MMY says some interesting things about the sound of
the
> > Vedas and also Prahlad, the kid who was a devotee of Ram despite
his
> > father's disapproval:
>
> Prahlada was an Asura whose devotion to _Vishnu_ was unwavering.
His father was
> Hiranyakashipu (sp).
Yes, that seems to be correct:
Entry hiraNyakazipu [in HK 'z' = 'sh' -- maister]
Meaning m. a golden cushion or seat or clothing Br. La1t2y. ; (%
{hi4raNya}.) mfn. having a g�golden cushion or clothing AV. ; m. N.
of a Daitya king noted for impiety (he was son of Kas3yapa and Diti ,
and had obtained a boon from Brahma1 that he should not be slain by
either god or man or animal ; hence he became allpowerful ; when ,
however , his pious son Prahla1da praised Vishn2u , that god appeared
out of a pillar in the form Nara-sin6ha , `" half man , half
lion "' , and tore Hiran2ya-kas3ipu to pieces ; this was Vishn2u's
fourth Avata1ra ; see %{pra-hlAda} , %{nara-siMha}) MBh. Hariv. Pur.
(cf. IW. 328 ; 392 n. 2) ; %{-cchedin} (Pan5car.) , %{-dAraNa} (L.) ,
or %{-han} (MW.) m. N. of Vishn2u.
Prahlada was sent to Shukra (Venus, preceptor of Demons) to wean
> the bhakti out of him.
> He was unable to do so and the moment his father was about to kill
him, Narasimha
> avatar(Vishnu) comes out to the pillar and rips Hiranyakashipu's
guts out.
> Prahalada became king and a very good one at that.
>
> Hari Om Tat Sat
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