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Prahlad did not agree to do that. At this Hiranyakshipu got very
angry with Prahlad. He tried to kill him in many ways. But God
Vishnu saved him.
One day Hiranyakshipu asked Prahlad, "Where does your Vishnu
live?"
Prahlad replied, "God Vishnu is everywhere."
Hiranyakshipu: (showing a pillar nearby) "Does Vishnu exist even
in this pillar?"
Prahlad: "Yes father, he is here also."
Nrisingha AvotarHiranyakshipu then kicked the pillar and broke it. At once God
Vishnu appeared from inside the pillar in the figure of Nrisingha.
Nrisingha with his dreadful nails rent the chest of Hiranyakshipu.