दिग्गजैर्दन्दशूकेन्द्रैरभिचारावपातनै: । मायाभि: सन्निरोधैश्च गरदानैरभोजनै: । हिमवाय्वग्निसलिलै: पर्वताक्रमणैरपि ॥ ४३ ॥ न शशाक यदा हन्तुमपापमसुर: सुतम् । चिन्तां दीर्घतमां प्राप्तस्तत्कर्तुं नाभ्यपद्यत ॥ ४४ ॥
dig-gajair dandasukendrair abhicaravapatanaih mayabhih sannirodhais ca gara-danair abhojanaih hima-vayv-agni-salilaih parvatakramanair api na sasaka yada hantum apapam asurah sutam cintam dirghatamam praptas tat-kartum nabhyapadyata
- dik-gajaih
- by big elephants trained to smash anything under their feet
- danda-suka-indraih
- by the biting of the King’s poisonous snakes
- abhicara
- by destructive spells
- avapatanaih
- by causing to fall from the top of a mountain
- mayabhih
- by conjuring tricks
- sannirodhaih
- by imprisonment
- ca
- as well as
- gara-danaih
- by administering poison
- abhojanaih
- by starving
- hima
- by cold
- vayu
- wind
- agni
- fire
- salilaih
- and water
- parvata-akramanaih
- by crushing with big stones and hills
- api
- and also
- na sasaka
- was not able
- yada
- when
- hantum
- to kill
- apapam
- who was not at all sinful
- asurah
- the demon (Hiranyakasipu)
- sutam
- his son
- cintam
- anxiety
- dirgha-tamam
- long-standing
- praptah
- obtained
- tat-kartum
- to do that
- na
- not
- abhyapadyata
- achieved
Hiranyakasipu could not kill his son by throwing him beneath the feet of big elephants, throwing him among huge, fearful snakes, employing destructive spells, hurling him from the top of a hill, conjuring up illusory tricks, administering poison, starving him, exposing him to severe cold, winds, fire and water, or throwing heavy stones to crush him. When Hiranyakasipu found that he could not in any way harm Prahlada, who was completely sinless, he was in great anxiety about what to do next.