A peep into this special composition: PUTTA DASANU NANALLA Now, Sri Kanakadasaru says “Ditta dAsanu nAnalla”! Who is he referring to?

 A peep into this special composition:

PUTTA DASANU NANALLA

Now, Sri Kanakadasaru says “Ditta dAsanu nAnalla”! Who is he referring to?

Sri Kanakadasaru tells he is not “Ditta dAsa”, where “Ditta” means bold.

Sri Kanakadasaru is referring to Prahlada, the son of Demon King Hiranyakashipu. The story of Hiranyakashipu, elder brother of Hiranyaksha, Prahlada and the incarnation of Lord Vishnu in the form of Lion-man Narasihma is mentioned in Sreemad Bhagavata.  

Hiranyaksha and Hiranyakashipu were the demon brothers who were the Gate Keepers of Vaikuntha namely Jaya and Vijaya. They were cursed by the four Kumaras to be born on earth for three times. Hence, they were born to Diti and Kahsyapa Muni. Diti was the daughter of Daksha Prajapati. Hiranyaksha was killed by Lord Varaha, one of the incarnations of Lord Vishnu, which enraged Hiranyakashipu. He started hating Lord Vishnu and all his devotees, declared himself as the Lord or the Almighty. He undertook a very fierce penance for several years. As the entire earth and heaven were troubled due to the fire power emanating from his penance, the deities appealed to Lord Brahma to grant whatever boons that Hiranyakashipu would want. Accrodingly, Lord Brahma appeared in front of Hiranyakashipu and promised to grant any boon of his choice. Hiranyakashipu knew that he could not seek “eternity” as it would never be granted. Hence, he demanded that he should not be killed by man or animal, divinity or demon, neither during day nor night; he should not be killed by any weapons; he should neither be killed inside the house nor outside; neither by steel nor wood; beast nor devil; neither on earth nor in the sky and that he should become the undisputed, nonchalant Lord of the Earth. Lord Brahma had promised to give whatever boon that Hiranyakashipu would ask and hence Lord Brahma simply granted the boon.

Empowered by this very strange boon, Hiranyakashipu started

torturing all the beings who worshipped Lord Vishnu or other deities. He ordered his citizens to worship him and offer prayers in his name. He conquered all the three Lokas and through his loyalists, he ensured that everyone strictly adhered to his instructions. When Hiranyakashipu was performing the penance, Indra, the king of Heavens, and other deities, raided the Palace of Hiranyakashipu and confiscated it. Hiranyakashipu’s wife Khayadu was pregnant at that time and she needed protection. Davarishi Narada came to her rescue because he knew that the baby boy in the womb of Khayadu was a great devotee of Lord Vishnu. Narada preached divine lessons to Khayadu so that she could forbear the agony, mental stress, physical pains of pregnancy and the nostalgia caused by the absence of her husband. The lessons of Narada were not exactly directed towards Khayadu but were destined to provide sublime, spiritual knowledge to the yet-to-be born baby boy Prahlada.