दैतेयचन्दनवने जातोऽयं कण्टकद्रुम: । यन्मूलोन्मूलपरशोर्विष्णोर्नालायितोऽर्भक: ॥ १७ ॥
daiteya-candana-vane jato ’yam kantaka-drumah yan-mulonmula-parasor visnor nalayito ’rbhakah
- daiteya
- of the demoniac family
- candana-vane
- in the sandalwood forest
- jatah
- born
- ayam
- this
- kantaka-drumah
- thorn tree
- yat
- of which
- mula
- of the roots
- unmula
- in the cutting
- parasoh
- who is like an axe
- visnoh
- of Lord Visnu
- nalayitah
- the handle
- arbhakah
- boy.
This rascal Prahlada has appeared like a thorn tree in a forest of sandalwood. To cut down sandalwood trees, an axe is needed, and the wood of the thorn tree is very suitable for the handle of such an axe. Lord Visnu is the axe for cutting down the sandalwood forest of the family of demons, and this Prahlada is the handle for that axe.