तस्य तद्भावनायोगात् क्षीणपापस्य वै क्रमात् शुद्धे ऽन्तःकरणे विष्णुस् तस्थौ ज्ञानमयो ऽच्युतः॥ ३ ॥
tasya tadbhāvanāyogāt kṣīṇapāpasya vai kramāt śuddhe 'ntaḥkaraṇe viṣṇus tasthau jñānamayo 'cyutaḥ
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respectfully rose and with hesitating speech exclaimed repeat- edly " Glory unto Vishnu" and said,— ' thou who removest the affliction of thy followers, Keshava, do thou be propitious unto me. Do thou again purify me, eternal god, with thy sight." The Deity replied, — " I am propitiated withthee for thy unshaken devotion unto me. Ask of me, Pfahlaúa, whatever thou wishest." Prahláda said,— " My faith in thee may never suffer decrease in all the thousend births through which I may be doomed to pass. May my devotion unto thee be as finfl as the attachment cherished by the ignorant people tðwards all worldly objects." The Deity replied, — "Thou hast already devotion unto me — and it shall ever be the same ; but do íhou beg of me a boon, Prahláda, whatever thou wishest." Prahlada said,— " My father has treated me malignantly for proclaiming thy praises. lord, do thou remove the sin he 'hath thus committed. He assailed me with weapons — he had me thrown ínto fire, bitten by the serpents, had poison mixed up with my viands, had me cast into the deep in bonds, and buried down with rocks and many other ills he had wrought against me out of malice for being devoted unto thee. May my father, lord, by thy mercy, be sþeedily relieved of the sin he hath thus committed." The Deity replied,— Prahlada, all this shall be accomplished by my mercy. I wish to confer upon thee another boon, son of Asura, do thou beg it." PrahlSda said, — " All my desires, lord, have been fulfilled by the boon thou liast confered upon me, that my fáith in thee may never suffer decréase. What to speak oí wealth, virtue or desire, even emancipation is in his hands who has firm devotion in thee, the root of the universa' Wórld."' The Deity said,— " As urtshaken is thy dévótioti unfo ítíé fhou shalt by my mercy obtain final emancipatiori froffl extítence." Par&sark said:— Having said this Vishmi dis- áppeared from his sight, Máttreya and Prahl&da agaih went to his father and bowed down before bim. Having smelt his foríhead, embraced hím and shed tears, the father saíd, "л st