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| Canto 7: The Science of God | Chapter 10: Prahlāda, the Best Among Exalted Devotees |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 7.10.70
evam vidhāny asya hareh sva-māyayā
vidambamānasya nri-lokam ātmanah
vīryāni gītāny rishibhir jagad-guror
lokam punānāny aparam vadāmi kim
SYNONYMS
evam vidhāni — in this way; asya — of Krishna; hareh — of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; sva-māyayā — by His transcendental potencies; vidambamānasya — acting like an ordinary human being; nri-lokam — within human society; ātmanah — of Him; vīryāni — transcendental activities; gītāni — narrations; rishibhih — by great saintly persons; jagat-guroh — of the supreme master; lokam — all the planetary systems; punānāni — purifying; aparam — what else; vadāmi kim — can I say.
TRANSLATION
The Lord, Śrī Krishna, appeared as a human being, yet He performed many uncommon and wonderful pastimes by His own potency. How can I say more about His activities than what has already been said by great saintly persons? Everyone can be purified by His activities, simply by hearing about them from the right source.
PURPORT
Bhagavad-gītā and all the Vedic literatures fully explain that the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krishna, appears in human society as an ordinary human being but acts very uncommonly for the well-being of the entire world. One should not be influenced by the illusory energy and think Lord Krishna to be an ordinary human being. Those who really seek the Absolute Truth come to the understanding that Krishna is everything (vāsudevah samam iti). Such great souls are very rare. Nonetheless, if one studies the entire Bhagavad-gītā as it is, Krishna is very easy to understand. The Krishna consciousness movement is just trying to make Krishna known all over the world as the Supreme Personality of Godhead (krishnas tu bhagavān svayam). If people take this movement seriously, their lives as human beings will be successful.
Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the Seventh Canto, Tenth Chapter, of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, entitled "Prahlāda, the Best Among Exalted Devotees."
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His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, Founder Ācārya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness