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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 7, Ch. 5]
tau rājñā prāpitaṁ bālaṁ prahlādaṁ naya-kovidam pāṭhayām āsatuḥ pāṭhyān anyāṁś cāsura-bālakān
tau —those two (Śaṇḍa and Amarka);  rājñā —by the King;  prāpitam —sent;  bālam —the boy;  prahlādam —named Prahlāda;  naya-kovidam —who was aware of moral principles;  pāṭhayām āsatuḥ —instructed;  pāṭhyān —books of material knowledge;  anyān —other;  ca —also;  asura-bālakān —sons of the  asuras .
TRANSLATION
Prahlāda Mahārāja was already educated in devotional life, but when his father sent him to those two sons of Śukrācārya to be educated, they accepted him at their school along with the other sons of the  asuras .
TEXT 3
यत्तत्र गुरुणा प्रोक्तं शुश्चुवेऽनुपपाठ च । न साधु मनसा मेने स्वपरासद्ग्रहाश्रयम् ॥ ३ ॥
yat tatra guruṇā proktaṁ śuśruve 'nupapāṭha ca na sādhu manasā mene sva-parāsad-grahāśrayam
yat —which;  tatra —there (in the school);  guruṇā —by the teachers;  proktam —instructed;  śuśruve —heard;  anupapāṭha —recited;  ca —and;  na —not;  sādhu —good;  manasā —by the mind;  mene —considered;  sva —of one's own;  para —and of others;  asat-graha —by the bad philosophy;  āśrayam —which was supported.
TRANSLATION
Prahlāda certainly heard and recited the topics of politics and economics taught by the teachers, but he understood that political philosophy involves considering someone a friend and someone else an enemy, and thus he did not like it.