Bhagavad Gita · Mahabharata Codex

Prahlada

प्रह्लाद · prahlāda

Prince of the daityas; the great devotee of Vishnu

A demon king's son refused to stop praying, whatever his father did to him.

Prahlada was the son of Hiranyakashipu, the daitya king who had conquered the gods and forbidden the worship of Vishnu. The boy would not give up his devotion. His father tried fire, poison and a fall from a cliff, and each time he was unharmed. At last Vishnu burst from a pillar as Narasimha, half man and half lion, and killed the king.