ekāntitvād bhagavati
ekāntitvād bhagavati
naicchat tān asurottamaḥ
Nārada said: Prahlāda, the best person in the demonic family, though tempted by the worldly allurements that other people desire, did not want them, since he was dedicated solely to the Lord.
He did not want those things because he was fully dedicated to the Lord. Such a person does not want any material benediction.
Thus ends the commentary on the Ninth Chapter of the Seventh Canto of the Bhāgavatam for the pleasure of the devotees, in accordance with the previous ācāryas.
Chapter Ten
The Lord Offers Benedictions to Prahlāda
|| 7.10.1 ||
śrī-nārada uvāca
bhakti-yogasya tat sarvam
antarāyatayārbhakaḥ
manyamāno hṛṣīkeśaṁ
smayamāna uvāca ha
Nārada said: Then the boy heard the benedictions offered by Nṛsiṁhadeva he considered them impediments on the path of devotional service. Thus he smiled and spoke as follows.
The Tenth Chapter describes how the Lord gave benedictions to Prahlāda and then disappeared, and also tells how Śiva, on the order of the Lord, burned Tripura. Tat-sarvam means everything concerning the benedictions. Prahlāda smiled. He thought, “Tempting an ignorant boy, the Lord is testing me.”
|| 7.10.2 ||
śrī-prahrāda uvāca
mā māṁ pralobhayotpattyā
saktaṁkāmeṣu tair varaiḥ
tat-saṅga-bhīto nirviṇṇo
mumukṣus tvām upāśritaḥ
Please do not tempt me, attached by my inborn nature to material enjoyment, by offering these benedictions. Detached from material life, fearing association with those desires, and desiring freedom from material desire, I have taken shelter of you.
By my nature (utpattyā) I am attached. Do not lure me by offering benedictions. Fearing association with desires, I desire liberation from those desires.
|| 7.10.3 ||
bhṛtya-lakṣaṇa-jijñāsur
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