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[Canto 7, Ch. 4]
heart. It is sometimes said that when one is influenced by evil stars like Saturn, Rāhu or Ketu, he cannot make advancement in any prospective activity. In just the opposite way, Prahlāda Mahārāja was influenced by Kṛṣṇa, the supreme planet, and thus he could not think of the material world and live without Kṛṣṇa consciousness. That is the sign of a  mahā-bhāgavata . Even if one is an enemy of Kṛṣṇa, a  mahā-bhāgavata  sees him to be also engaged in Kṛṣṇa's service. Another crude example is that everything appears yellow to the jaundiced eye. Similarly, to a  mahā-bhāgavata , everyone but himself appears to be engaged in Kṛṣṇa's service.
Prahlāda Mahārāja is the approved  mahā-bhāgavata , the supreme devotee. In the previous verse it was stated that he had natural attachment ( naisargikī ratiḥ ). The symptoms of such natural attachment for Kṛṣṇa are described in this verse. Although Prahlāda Mahārāja was only a boy, he had no interest in playing. As stated in  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  (11.2.42),  viraktir anyatra ca : the symptom of perfect Kṛṣṇa consciousness is that one loses interest in all material activities. For a small boy to give up playing is impossible, but Prahlāda Mahārāja, being situated in first-class devotional service, was always absorbed in a trance of Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Just as a materialistic person is always absorbed in thoughts of material gain, a  mahā-bhāgavata  like Prahlāda Mahārāja is always absorbed in thoughts of Kṛṣṇa.
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असीनः पर्यटनभ्रन् शयानः प्रपिबन् ब्रुवन् । नानुसन्धत्त एतानि गोविन्दपरिरम्भितः ॥३८॥
āsīnaḥ paryaṭann aśnan śayānaḥ prapiban bruvan nānusandhatta etāni govinda-parirambhitaḥ
āsīnaḥ —while sitting;  paryaṭan —while walking;  aśnan —while eating;  śayānaḥ —while lying down;  prapiban —while drinking;  bruvan —while talking;  na —not;  anusandhatte —knew;  etāni —all these ac-