तत एनं गुरुर्ज्ञात्वा ज्ञातज्ञेयचतुष्टयम् । दैत्येन्द्रं दर्शयामास मातृमृष्टमलङ्कृतम् ॥ १९ ॥
tata enam gurur jnatva jnata-jneya-catustayam daityendram darsayam asa matr-mrstam alankrtam
- tatah
- thereafter
- enam
- him (Prahlada Maharaja)
- guruh
- his teachers
- jnatva
- knowing
- jnata
- known
- jneya
- which are to be known
- catustayam
- the four diplomatic principles (sama, the process of pacifying; dana —the process of giving money in charity; bheda, the principle of dividing; and danda, the principle of punishment)
- daitya-indram
- unto Hiranyakasipu, the King of the Daityas
- darsayam asa
- presented
- matr-mrstam
- being bathed by his mother
- alankrtam
- decorated with ornaments
After some time, the teachers Sanda and Amarka thought that Prahlada Maharaja was sufficiently educated in the diplomatic affairs of pacifying public leaders, appeasing them by giving them lucrative posts, dividing and ruling over them, and punishing them in cases of disobedience. Then, one day, after Prahlada’s mother had personally washed the boy and dressed him nicely with sufficient ornaments, they presented him before his father.