Text 15] Prahlāda, the Saintly Son of Hiraṇyakaśipu
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duality of delusion, engage themselves in My service with determination.” One must be freed from all the sinful dirt of material existence. Everyone in this material world is contaminated by material desire. Unless one is free from all material desire ( anyābhilāṣitā-śūnyam ), one cannot be attracted by Kṛṣṇa.
TEXT 15
श्रीनारद उवाच
एतावद्ब्राह्मणायोक्त्वा विरराम महामतिः । तं सन्निभत्स्यं कुपितः सुदीनो राजसेवकः ॥१५॥
śrī-nārada uvāca etāvad brāhmaṇāyoktvā virarāma mahā-matiḥ tam sannibhartsya kupitaḥ sudīno rāja-sevakaḥ
śrī-nāradaḥ uvāca—Nārada Muni said; etāvat—this much; brāhmaṇāya—unto the brāhmaṇas, the sons of Śukrācārya; uktvā—speaking; virarāma—became silent; mahā-matiḥ—Prahlāda Mahārāja, who possessed great intelligence; tam—him (Prahlāda Mahārāja); sannibhartsya—chastising very harshly; kupitaḥ—being angry; sudīnaḥ—poor in thought, or very much aggrieved; rāja-sevakaḥ—the servants of King Hiraṇyakaśipu.
TRANSLATION
The great saint Nārada Muni continued: The great soul Prahlāda Mahārāja became silent after saying this to his teachers, Śaṇḍa and Amarka, the seminal sons of Śukrācārya. These so-called brāhmaṇas then became angry at him. Because they were servants of Hiraṇyakaśipu, they were very sorry, and to chastise Prahlāda Mahārāja they spoke as follows.
PURPORT
The word  śukra  means “semen.” The sons of Śukrācārya were brāhmaṇas by birthright, but an actual brāhmaṇa is one who possesses