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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 3, Ch. 14]
he is always eager to mitigate the miseries of suffering humanity. The most obnoxious misery of a living entity is his forgetfulness of Kṛṣṇa. A pure devotee, therefore, always tries to evoke everyone's Kṛṣṇa consciousness. This is the panacea for all miseries.
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अन्तर्वहिश्चामलमञ्जनेत्रं स्वपूरुषेच्छानुगृहीतरूपम् । पौत्रस्तव श्रीललनाललामं द्रष्टा स्फुरत्कुण्डलमण्डिताननम् ॥५०॥
antar bahiś cāmalam abja-netram sva-pūruṣecchānugṛhīta-rūpam pautras tava śrī-lalanā-lalāmam draṣṭā sphurat-kuṇḍala-maṇḍitānanam
antaḥ—within; bahiḥ—without; ca—also; amalam—spotless; abja-netram—lotus eyes; sva-pūruṣa—own devotee; icchā-anugṛhīta-rūpam—accepting form according to desire; pautraḥ—grandchild; tava—your; śrī-lalanā—beautiful goddess of fortune; lalāmam—decorated; draṣṭā—will see; sphurat-kuṇḍala—with brilliant earrings; maṇḍita—decorated; ānanam—face.
TRANSLATION
Your grandson will be able to see, inside and outside, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, whose wife is the beautiful goddess of fortune. He can assume the form desired by the devotee, and His face is always beautifully decorated with earrings.
PURPORT
It is predicted herewith that the grandson of Diti, Prahlāda Mahārāja, would not only see the Personality of Godhead within himself by meditation but would also be able to see Him personally with his eyes. This direct vision is possible only for one who is highly elevated in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, for it is not possible to see the Lord with these material eyes. The Supreme Personality of Godhead has multifarious eternal forms such as Kṛṣṇa, Baladeva, Saṅkarṣaṇa, Aniruddha, Pradyumna, Vāsudeva, Nārāyaṇa, Rāma, Nṛṣiṁha, Varāha and Vāmana, and the devotee of the Lord knows all those Viṣṇu forms. A pure devotee becomes attached to one of the eternal forms of the Lord, and the Lord is pleased to appear before him in the form desired. A devotee does not imagine something