श्रीनारद उवाच एवं वृत: शतधृतिर्हिरण्यकशिपोरथ । प्रादात्तत्तपसा प्रीतो वरांस्तस्य सुदुर्लभान् ॥ १ ॥
sri-narada uvaca evam vrtah sata-dhrtir hiranyakasipor atha pradat tat-tapasa prito varams tasya sudurlabhan
- sri-naradah uvaca
- Sri Narada Muni said
- evam
- thus
- vrtah
- solicited
- sata-dhrtih
- Lord Brahma
- hiranyakasipoh
- of Hiranyakasipu
- atha
- then
- pradat
- delivered
- tat
- his
- tapasa
- by the difficult austerities
- pritah
- being pleased
- varan
- benedictions
- tasya
- unto Hiranyakasipu
- su-durlabhan
- very rarely obtained.
Narada Muni continued: Lord Brahma was very much satisfied by Hiranyakasipu’s austerities, which were difficult to perform. Therefore, when solicited for benedictions, he indeed granted them, although they were rarely to be achieved.