Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 7 - Chapter 1 - Verse 1


Sanskrit:

श्रीनारद उवाचभ्रातर्येवं विनिहते हरिणा क्रोडमूर्तिना ।हिरण्यकशिपू राजन् पर्यतप्यद्रुषा शुचा ॥ १ ॥

ITRANS:

śrī-nārada uvācabhrātary evaṁ vinihatehariṇā kroḍa-mūrtināhiraṇyakaśipū rājanparyatapyad ruṣā śucā

Translation:

Śrī Nārada Muni said: My dear King Yudhiṣṭhira, when Lord Viṣṇu, in the form of Varāha, the boar, killed Hiraṇyākṣa, Hiraṇyākṣa’s brother Hiraṇyakaśipu was extremely angry and began to lament.

Purport:

Yudhiṣṭhira had inquired from Nārada Muni why Hiraṇyakaśipu was so envious of his own son Prahlāda. Nārada Muni began narrating the story by explaining how Hiraṇyakaśipu had become a staunch enemy of Lord Viṣṇu.