Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.2393
Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.2393
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5) *Torturing Prahlāda.* On hearing the order of Hiraṇyakaśipu many armed soldiers surrounded Prahlāda. Prahlāda addressed them thus: “Oh daityas, Mahāviṣṇu resides in your weapons, in you all and in me also. Since that is the real truth your weapons will not injure me.” The daityas struck him hard with their weapons but Prahlāda did not feel pain at all.