Text 14] Prahlāda, the Saintly Son of Hiraṇyakaśipu
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PURPORT
Prahlāda Mahārāja admitted frankly, “My dear teachers, you wrongly think that Lord Viṣṇu is your enemy, but because He is favorable toward me, I understand that He is the friend of everyone. You may think that I have taken the side of your enemy, but factually He has bestowed a great favor upon me.”
TEXT 14
यथा भ्राम्यत्ययो ब्रह्मन् स्वयमाकर्षसन्निधौ । तथा मे भिद्यते चेतश्चक्रपाणेर्यद्दृच्छया ॥१४॥
yathā bhrāmyaty ayo brahman svayam ākarṣa-sannidhau tathā me bhidyate cetaś cakra-pāṇer yadṛcchayā
yathā—just as; bhrāmyati—moves; ayaḥ—iron; brahman—O brāhmaṇas; svayam—itself; ākarṣa—of a magnet; sannidhau—in the proximity; tathā—similarly; me—my; bhidyate—is changed; cetaḥ—consciousness; cakra-pāṇeḥ—of Lord Viṣṇu, who has a disc in His hand; yadṛcchayā—simply by the will.
TRANSLATION
O brāhmaṇas [teachers], as iron attracted by a magnetic stone moves automatically toward the magnet, my consciousness, having been changed by His will, is attracted by Lord Viṣṇu, who carries a disc in His hand. Thus I have no independence.
PURPORT
For iron to be attracted by a magnet is natural. Similarly, for all living entities to be attracted toward Kṛṣṇa is natural, and therefore the Lord’s real name is Kṛṣṇa, meaning He who attracts everyone and everything. The typical examples of such attraction are found in Vṛndāvana, where everything and everyone is attracted by Kṛṣṇa. The elderly persons like Nanda Mahārāja and Yaśodādevī, the friends like Śrīdāmā, Sudāmā and