श्रीयुधिष्ठिर उवाच देवर्ष एतदिच्छामो वेदितुं तव सुव्रत । यदात्मजाय शुद्धाय पितादात् साधवे ह्यघम् ॥ ४४ ॥
sri-yudhisthira uvaca devarsa etad icchamo veditum tava suvrata yad atmajaya suddhaya pitadat sadhave hy agham
- sri-yudhisthirah uvaca
- Maharaja Yudhisthira inquired
- deva-rse
- O best saintly person among the demigods
- etat
- this
- icchamah
- we wish
- veditum
- to know
- tava
- from you
- su-vrata
- having the determination for spiritual advancement
- yat
- because
- atma-jaya
- unto his own son
- suddhaya
- who was pure and exalted
- pita
- the father, Hiranyakasipu
- adat
- gave
- sadhave
- a great saint
- hi
- indeed
- agham
- trouble.
Maharaja Yudhisthira said: O best of the saints among the demigods, O best of spiritual leaders, how did Hiranyakasipu give so much trouble to Prahlada Maharaja, the pure and exalted saint, although Prahlada was his own son? I wish to know about this subject from you.