How did Prahlad become a “devotee”?

Hello! You must have heard a poem. “Na Umra ki Seema ho, Na Janmo ka ho Bandhan”. Yes, that’s right. There is no limit to age, and there is no bond of birth. Why am I saying this? I’m talking about Bhakt Prahlad. Because what was the age of Bhakt Prahlad when he became a devotee? Only 10 years. And there is no bond of birth, meaning he was born in a demon family. How did such a great devotee emerge? That is the essence of my video today. So make sure to watch this video until the end. It’s a very interesting video. And first of all, I wish you a very happy Holi.

I talk about how Bhakt Prahlad was born in a demon family, whose father Hiranyakashyap was a kind of demon. Despite being his son, where did such devotion come from within him? When we hear old stories like this, we often use the words demon and deity. Why isn’t this present in today’s era? Where have the demons gone, where have the deities gone? But it’s not like that in my view, demons and deities still exist. The person in whose body there are demonic tendencies, we call him a demon, and the one in whom there are sattvic qualities, we call him a deity.

Anyway, I don’t want to delve too much into the discussion. But Hiranyakashyap was a kind of arrogant person. He had a desire to become God himself. He wanted to become God himself. For that, once upon a time, he started doing penance. That I should attain so much power, so much power that I never die in life, and whatever I wish for becomes true. He went to do penance to attain these powers, but the gods cleverly captured his kingdom. That is, Hiranyakashyap was doing penance in the forest, and the gods came and seized control of his kingdom.

Hiranyakashyap’s wife Kayadhu, that is Prahlad’s mother, went to the hermitage of Naradji. Naradji represented the gods, so Kayadhu went to the hermitage of Naradji. At that time, Bhakt Prahlad was in Kayadhu’s womb.

The environment in Naradji’s hermitage was sattvic. There was the chanting of religion, the fragrance of yajna, and the air was filled with it. Bhakti was kindled within Prahlad even in the womb. This was the biggest reason why Prahlad became famous later in the name of Bhakt Prahlad, despite being born in a demon family.

Let’s go back to the story. Hiranyakashyap did penance for a long time, and after doing penance, he attained a special kind of powers. Most of the powers were dangerous. He obtained powers that he would not die in the day, nor at night, neither inside the house, nor outside the house, neither by a weapon, nor by a missile, neither by a human, nor by an animal. Hiranyakashyap thought that if he obtained these powers, he would become immortal.

Hiranyakashyap obtained these powers, and after that, he started tyranny. He began to consider himself God, and wanted to scare, threaten, and snatch from others. He thought that I am immortal, no one can kill me, I have become God myself.

But there was this conflict within Bhakt Prahlad that he considered Vishnu as God. When Hiranyakashyap saw Prahlad’s devotion, he became angry and said, “Hey child, don’t you know that you should worship me for two reasons? One, I am your father, and the other reason is that I am God myself.”

Prahlad said, “You are my father, you are respectable, but you are not God, you are just a man.”

On this, Hiranyakashyap became very angry that even a small child does not understand my point. He made several attempts to kill Prahlad. He threw Prahlad from the top of the mountain, he put him in the pit of snakes, and threw Prahlad among many snakes.

On the day of Holi, when we burn Holi, Holi, Hiranyakashyap’s sister, was there. She had a blanket that had no effect when wrapped in fire. On the day of Holi, that blanket was wrapped around Prahlad and placed in his lap.

But see the miracle of God’s power, when Holi caught fire, suddenly a strong wind blew and the blanket flew off Prahlad’s lap. Holi burnt to death, but Prahlad remained safe.

After this, Hiranyakashyap became more furious, more angry. He said to Prahlad, “Child, this miracle of yours will not work anymore. I will kill you.” Prahlad said, “Father, why do you get so angry? You are not God. I have no objection to you.”

But Hiranyakashyap was filled with rage, he was angry. He said, “Is there God even in this pillar? Everywhere God speaks. So there is a line in the rare Ramayana written by Lord Ram.

I want to mention it here, that “The pillar appeared, half human and half lion, and with the Lord’s grace, the demon was killed.” Meaning the pillar appeared, who had not appeared in the form of an avatar before, he was Narsimha, half human body and half lion’s body.

In this way, a new avatar was born, and the gods killed Hiranyakashyap. So as soon as the sword struck the pillar, it seemed as if God was present in every particle. Prahlad’s belief was that, God himself took his avatar and killed Hiranyakashyap for his belief.

From this story, there are two big things that I repeated in the starting line, that there is no need for two big things to do devotion. What are they? Neither is there a limit to age nor is there a bond of birth. Prahlad received so much devotion at the age of just 10 because the seeds of culture had already been sown in him at Naradji’s hermitage. Even though he was born as a demon son, it is possible only because of the grace of God that Prahlad received these seeds.

So devotion can happen for two reasons, either by the grace of God or if the culture is instilled in our body repeatedly, then only devotion is possible. And for that, not only do Gods themselves take their avatar and, as the horoscope, appear as God. Let’s celebrate the festival of Holi with joy and happiness.

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