Me, my Guru – Bhagavatam – Bhaktha Prahlad and Hiranyakashyap

 

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Me, my Guru – Bhagavatam – Bhaktha Prahlad and Hiranyakashyap

Hiranyakashyap had conquered the entire Earth. Like all Daityas, his sworn enemy was Lord Vishnu. Hiranyakashyap had a valid reason for his hatred – his dear brother Hiranyaksha was killed by the Lord Vishnu also called as Lord Narayana.

Being powerful, Hiranyakashyap forced all his subjects to consider and call him God. He killed everyone and anyone who worshipped Lord Vishnu.

To this Hiranyakashyap, was born his only son Prahlad. When Prahlad was in the womb, his mother was waylaid by Sage Narada. During that time Sage Narada would recite the sacred name of Lord Vishnu. He narrated the Truth about Vishnu. He explained how Vishnu was the Be-all of the Universe and how Lord Vishnu was the only Lord of the Universe. Little Prahlad heard all this when he was still in the womb of his mother. So, when he was born, he was already drunk with devotion (bhakthi) for Lord Vishnu. 

Prahlad at the age of 6 was sent to Gurukul as was the custom in those days. (Gurukul is the place of a Guru who teaches all subjects to his students till their 16 years and students would be sent back to their parents after that). There our young Prahlad started singing hymns on Lord Vishnu. He would narrate and regale all with stories of Lord Vishnu. Other students too joined him in singing praises of Lord Vishnu. His master noticing this, tried to talk sense to him – but to no avail. He was threatened but to no use! Having tried all means and having lost hope of refining Prahlad, Guru took him to the King - Hiranyakashyap. Gur was afraid – if the king knew the acts of Prahlad through other sources, Hiranyakashyap may presume that the Guru had taught young Prahlad all this. That would mean death to the Guru. Guru was not ready to face that punishment. So, he took Prahlad to the Hiranyakashyap and complained that Prahlad was adamant in stating Lord Vishnu as the Saviour God of this World.

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