गृहमानीतमाहूय प्रह्रादं दैत्ययाजका: । प्रशस्य श्लक्ष्णया वाचा समपृच्छन्त सामभि: ॥ ८ ॥
grham anitam ahuya prahradam daitya-yajakah prasasya slaksnaya vaca samaprcchanta samabhih
- grham
- to the place of the teachers (Sanda and Amarka)
- anitam
- brought
- ahuya
- calling
- prahradam
- Prahlada
- daitya-yajakah
- the priests of the demon Hiranyakasipu
- prasasya
- by pacifying
- slaksnaya
- with a very mild
- vaca
- voice
- samaprcchanta
- they questioned
- samabhih
- by very agreeable words.
When Hiranyakasipu’s servants brought the boy Prahlada back to the guru-kula (the place where the brahmanas taught the boys), the priests of the demons, Sanda and Amarka, pacified him. With very mild voices and affectionate words, they inquired from him as follows.