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>question about Sri Prahlad Maharaja

>Thu, 10 May 2001 20:31 +0200

>

> > Beloved Maharaja,

> > Please accept my most humble obeisances at the dust of your divine lotus

> > feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to Your Holiness!

> >

> > One Namahatta devotee asked me that if Hiranyakasipu did austerity for

>125

> > years of the demigods, why Prahlad Maharaja was only 5 years old? Please

> > let me have your answer.

> >

> > Your ever fallen servant,

> > Visvarupa das

>

>I don't know exactly, but it is nothing astonishing. In Satya Yuga people

>lived 100,000 years so 125 isn't much. Also Prahlad was not exactly a

>normal human being. He was a Daitya or Asura family, but a pure devotee.

>Asuras are almost as powerful as demigods and there exact longevity I don't

>know but it must be quite long. We also don't know how long Prahlad stayed

>in the womb of his mother. What we know from sastra is that when Hiranya

>Kasipu finished his tapasya and controlled the univers Prahlad was in the

>kumar period of his childhood which is equivalent to a human five year old

>child. Therefore generally it is said that Prahlad is five years old, but

>that is just for our comparison's sake. Prahlad may still be alive in a

>higher planet as we never heard about his death exactly. So to calculate

>his life exactly by our earthly calculations would not be an acurate way of

>understanding. Accepting sastra's explanation that Prahlad was a child in

>kumar stage of his life is a more accurate way of knowing the relative

>development of Prahlad in his growth from childhood to youth.

>

>This is what I know at this time. If someone explores the Puranas more

>then

>they may find more details which could shed further light.

>

>Yours in service,

>

> Jayapataka Swami

What I heard from some version of Puranas is that Queen Kayadu mother of

Prahlad became afraid that if she gives birth to Prahalad the devas may kill

him. So she waited for the arrival of Hiranyakashipu, and she gave birth to

Prahlad. I don't know the authencity of this.

 

Your servant

 

Vikrama govinda das

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