Devanagari
प्रयासेऽपहते तस्मिन्दैत्येन्द्र: परिशङ्कित: ।
चकार तद्वधोपायान्निर्बन्धेन युधिष्ठिर ॥ ४२ ॥
Verse text
prayāse ’pahate tasmin
daityendraḥ pariśaṅkitaḥ
cakāra tad-vadhopāyān
nirbandhena yudhiṣṭhira
Synonyms
prayāse
—
when the endeavor
;
apahate
—
futile
;
tasmin
—
that
;
daitya
—
indraḥ — the King of the demons, Hiraṇyakaśipu
;
pariśaṅkitaḥ
—
very much afraid (considering how the boy was protected)
;
cakāra
—
executed
;
tat
—
vadha — upāyān — various means for killing him
;
nirbandhena
—
with determination
;
yudhiṣṭhira
—
O King Yudhiṣṭhira .
Translation
My dear King Yudhiṣṭhira, when all the attempts of the demons to kill Prahlāda Mahārāja were futile, the King of the demons, Hiraṇyakaśipu, being most fearful, began contriving other means to kill him.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
O King Yudhiṣṭhira! When all the attempts failed, the King of the demons, Hiraṇyakaśipu, being most fearful, stubbornly tried other means to kill him.