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Pregnancy of Diti in the Evening
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personal pleasure potential energies of the Lord. It is understood that the grandson of Diti, namely Prahlāda Mahārāja, would constantly meditate on the Lord and reiterate His activities. Because he would constantly remain in meditation, he would easily transfer himself to the spiritual world after quitting his material body. Such meditation is still more conveniently performed by chanting and hearing the holy name of the Lord, which is especially recommended in this age of Kali.
TEXT 49
अलम्पटः शीलधरो गुणाकरो 
  हृष्टः परद्वर्धा व्यथितो दुःखितेषु । 
  अभूतशत्रुर्जगतः शोकहतां 
  नैदाधिकं तापमिवोदुराजः ॥४९॥
alampaṭaḥ śīladharo guṇākaro 
  hṛṣṭaḥ pararddhyā vyathito duḥkhiteṣu 
  abhūtaśatrur jagataḥ śoka-hartā 
  naidāghikam tāpam ivoḍurājaḥ
alampaṭaḥ—virtuous; śīla-dharoḥ—qualified; guṇa-ākaraḥ—reservoir of all good qualities; hṛṣṭaḥ—jolly; para-ṛddhyā—by others' happiness; vyathitaḥ—distressed; duḥkhiteṣu—in others' unhappiness; abhūta-śatruḥ—without enemies; jagataḥ—of all the universe; śoka-hartā—destroyer of lamentation; naidāghikam—due to the summer sun; tāpam—distress; iva—likened; uḍurājaḥ—the moon.
TRANSLATION
He will be a virtuously qualified reservoir of all good qualities; he will be jolly and happy in others' happiness, distressed in others' distress, and will have no enemies. He will be a destroyer of the lamentation of all the universes, like the pleasant moon after the summer sun.
PURPORT
Prahlāda Mahārāja, the exemplary devotee of the Lord, had all the good qualities humanly possible. Although he was the emperor of this world, he was not profligate. Beginning from his childhood he was the reservoir of all good qualities. Without enumerating those qualities, it is said here summarily that he was endowed with all good qualities. That is the sign of a pure devotee. The most important characteristic of a pure devotee is that he is not  lampaṭa , or licentious, and another quality is that