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| Canto 7: The Science of God | Chapter 8: Lord Nrisimhadeva Slays the King of the Demons |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 7.8.1
jagrihur niravadyatvān
naiva gurv-anuśikshitam
SYNONYMS
śrī-nāradah uvāca — Śrī Nārada Muni said; atha — thereupon; daitya-sutāh — the sons of the demons (the class friends of Prahlāda Mahārāja); sarve — all; śrutvā — hearing; tat — by him (Prahlāda); anuvarnitam — the statements about devotional life; jagrihuh — accepted; niravadyatvāt — due to the supreme utility of that instruction; na — not; eva — indeed; guru-anuśikshitam — that which was taught by their teachers.
TRANSLATION
Nārada Muni continued: All the sons of the demons appreciated the transcendental instructions of Prahlāda Mahārāja and took them very seriously. They rejected the materialistic instructions given by their teachers, Shanda and Amarka.
PURPORT
This is the effect of the preaching of a pure devotee like Prahlāda Mahārāja. If a devotee is qualified, sincere and serious about Krishna consciousness and if he follows the instructions of a bona fide spiritual master, as Prahlāda Mahārāja did when preaching the instructions he had received from Nārada Muni, his preaching is effective. As it is said in the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (3.25.25):
satām prasańgān mama vīrya-samvido
bhavanti hrit-karna-rasāyanāh kathāh
If one tries to understand the discourses given by the sat, or pure devotees, those instructions will be very pleasing to the ear and appealing to the heart. Thus if one is inspired to take to Krishna consciousness and if one practices the process in his life, he is surely successful in returning home, back to Godhead. By the grace of Prahlāda Mahārāja, all his class friends, the sons of the demons, became Vaishnavas. They did not like hearing from their so-called teachers Shanda and Amarka, who were interested only in teaching them about diplomacy, politics, economic development and similar topics meant exclusively for sense gratification.
Copyright © r The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International, Inc.
His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, Founder Ācārya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness