Sūta said: Prahlāda then said to him:—“Do not forsake us, O Bhārgava, we are your own Yājyas. We have resorted to you. We are your special devotees. When you were not seen, we.were deluded by that preceptor of the Devas. It behoves you to protect us after understanding everything with your divine vision of long range. If you do not favour us, O son of Bhṛgu, we are cursed mentally by you. So we shall enter Rasātala”.