इति तं विविधोपायैर्भीषयंस्तर्जनादिभि: । प्रह्रादं ग्राहयामास त्रिवर्गस्योपपादनम् ॥ १८ ॥
iti tam vividhopayair bhisayams tarjanadibhih prahradam grahayam asa tri-vargasyopapadanam
- iti
- in this way
- tam
- him (Prahlada Maharaja)
- vividha-upayaih
- by various means
- bhisayan
- threatening
- tarjana-adibhih
- by chastisement, threats, etc.
- prahradam
- unto Prahlada Maharaja
- grahayam asa
- taught
- tri-vargasya
- the three goals of life (the paths of religion, economic development and sense gratification)
- upapadanam
- scripture that presents.
Sanda and Amarka, the teachers of Prahlada Maharaja, chastised and threatened their disciple in various ways and began teaching him about the paths of religion, economic development and sense gratification. This is the way they educated him.