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Hiranyakashipu was furious at Prahlada for being a devotee of Vishnu, whom he despised. He attempted to show off his own greatness and tried to demonstrate how he was even greater than Vishnu, but Prahlada refused to be convinced. Hiranyakashipu then made many attempts to have Prahlada killed. These attempts included: having Prahlada hold a hot pole making him jump off a steep cliff getting an elephant to trample him piercing him with spears from all sides administering po ...

Prahlada: Encyclopedia II - Prahlada - Attempts to kill Prahlada

Prahlada - Attempts to kill Prahlada

having Prahlada hold a hot pole
making him jump off a steep cliff
getting an elephant to trample him
piercing him with spears from all sides
administering poison
setting snakes on him to bite him

None of these could harm Prahlada, for he was always chanting and repeating the 'Om Namo Narayanaya' mantra.

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