# Oppressive Ogre After being rewarded, Hiranyakasipu commenced his oppressive activities and conquered practically everyone in the universe. He lived in unimaginable opulence and was intoxicated by carnal pleasures, pride and power. He just couldn’t forget his brother’s death and seethed with vicious enmity towards Lord Vishnu. *Brahmanas* cursed him, others nervously prayed for protection, while many just surrendered out of deep fear. The Lord reassured them that Hiranyakasipu’s oppressive atrocities would eventually be the cause of his demise. His most acute mistake would be to torment his own saintly son, Prahlada. That would be intolerable to the Lord; the final straw. When Narada described the outstanding qualities of Prahlada, Maharaja Yuddhistira was dumbfounded as to how his father could direct so much aggression and anger towards such a saintly son. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://bhagavata.keshavaswami.com/canto-07/o.p.e.n/o-oppressive-ogre-1-4/oppressive-ogre.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.