Srimad Bhagavatam. Canto 7: The Science of God

Chapter 4: Hiranyakasipu Terrorizes the Universe. Text 1

श्रीनारद उवाच
एवं वृतः शतधृतिर्हिरण्यकशिपोरथ ।
प्रादात्तत्तपसा प्रीतो वरांस्तस्य सुदुर्लभान् ॥१॥

Å›rÄ«-nÄrada uvÄca
evaṠvṛtaḥ śata-dhṛtir
hiraṇyakaśipor atha
prÄdÄt tat-tapasÄ prÄ«to
varÄá¹s tasya sudurlabhÄn

 Å›rÄ«-nÄradaḥ uvÄca - ÅšrÄ« NÄrada Muni said; evam - thus; vá¹›taḥ - solicited; Å›ata-dhá¹›tiḥ - Lord BrahmÄ; hiraṇyakaÅ›ipoḥ - of HiraṇyakaÅ›ipu; atha - then; prÄdÄt - delivered; tat - his; tapasÄ - by the difficult austerities; prÄ«taḥ - being pleased; varÄn - benedictions; tasya - unto HiraṇyakaÅ›ipu; su-durlabhÄn - very rarely obtained.


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NÄrada Muni continued: Lord BrahmÄ was very much satisfied by HiraṇyakaÅ›ipu’s austerities, which were difficult to perform. Therefore, when solicited for benedictions, he indeed granted them, although they were rarely to be achieved.

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