Bhagat Prahlad was born into the house of Harnakash, a great King. Harnakash had done a large amount of spiritual penance and meditation in order to receive a boon from God. After his devotion was accepted, Harnakash asked for the boon not to die in the day or night, nor inside or outside, that no weapon can kill him, no fire can burn him, and he cannot drown. When he was blessed with this, he believed he was invincible and forced people to worship him instead of God. Harnakash’s son, Bhagat Prahlad Ji, was a devotee of Raam and refused to worship his father instead of God. Upon hearing this, Harnakash tried to drown Bhagat Prahlad. This did not work. He then tried to drop Bhagat Prahlad off a mountain. This also did not work. Harnakash even tried to burn Bhagat Prahlad alive, but all his efforts failed. When nothing worked, Harnakash tied Bhagat Prahlad to an iron pole and reached for his sword. Before he could lift his sword, the pole broke and God, in the form of Narsingh (Head of a lion, body of a human), came out from the pole. Narsingh tore Harnakash’s body with his nails and killed him. In this way God protected his devotee, to learn more about this check out our article on Bhagat Prahlad.