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| Canto 7: The Science of God | Chapter 9: Prahlāda Pacifies Lord Nrisimhadeva with Prayers |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 7.9.6
sa tat-kara-sparśa-dhutākhilāśubhah
sapady abhivyakta-parātma-darśanah
tat-pāda-padmam hridi nirvrito dadhau
hrishyat-tanuh klinna-hrid-aśru-locanah
SYNONYMS
sah — he (Prahlāda Mahārāja); tat-kara-sparśa — because of being touched on the head by the lotus hand of Nrisimhadeva; dhuta — being cleansed; akhila — all; aśubhah — inauspiciousness or material desires; sapadi — immediately; abhivyakta — manifested; para-ātma-darśanah — realization of the Supreme Soul (spiritual knowledge); tat-pāda-padmam — Lord Nrisimhadeva's lotus feet; hridi — within the core of the heart; nirvritah — full of transcendental bliss; dadhau — captured; hrishyat-tanuh — having transcendental ecstatic bliss manifested in the body; klinna-hrit — whose heart was softened due to transcendental ecstasy; aśru-locanah — with tears in his eyes.
TRANSLATION
By the touch of Lord Nrisimhadeva's hand on Prahlāda Mahārāja's head, Prahlāda was completely freed of all material contaminations and desires, as if he had been thoroughly cleansed. Therefore he at once became transcendentally situated, and all the symptoms of ecstasy became manifest in his body. His heart filled with love, and his eyes with tears, and thus he was able to completely capture the lotus feet of the Lord within the core of his heart.
PURPORT
As stated in Bhagavad-gītā (14.26):
mām ca yo 'vyabhicārena
"One who engages in full devotional service, who does not fall down in any circumstance, at once transcends the modes of material nature and thus comes to the level of Brahman." Elsewhere in Bhagavad-gītā (9.32) the Lord says:
striyo vaiśyās tathā śūdrās
"O son of Prithā, those who take shelter in Me, though they be of lower birth — women, vaiśyas [merchants], as well as śūdras [workers] — can approach the supreme destination."
On the strength of these verses from Bhagavad-gītā, it is evident that although Prahlāda Mahārāja was born in a demoniac family and although virtually demoniac blood flowed within his body, he was cleansed of all material bodily contamination because of his exalted position as a devotee. In other words, such impediments on the spiritual path could not stop him from progressing, for he was directly in touch with the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Those who are physically and mentally contaminated by atheism cannot be situated on the transcendental platform, but as soon as one is freed from material contamination he is immediately fit to be situated in devotional service.
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