पुत्रान् विप्रतिकूलान् स्वान् पितर: पुत्रवत्सला: । उपालभन्ते शिक्षार्थं नैवाघमपरो यथा ॥ ४५ ॥
putran vipratikulan svan pitarah putra-vatsalah upalabhante siksartham naivagham aparo yatha
- putran
- sons
- vipratikulan
- who act against the will of the father
- svan
- their own
- pitarah
- fathers
- putra-vatsalah
- being very affectionate to the children
- upalabhante
- chastise
- siksa-artham
- to teach them lessons
- na
- not
- eva
- indeed
- agham
- punishment
- aparah
- an enemy
- yatha
- like.
A father and mother are always affectionate to their children. When the children are disobedient the parents chastise them, not due to enmity but only for the child’s instruction and welfare. How did Hiranyakasipu, the father of Prahlada Maharaja, chastise such a noble son? This is what I am eager to know.