Text 32] Prahlāda, the Saintly Son of Hiraṇyakaśipu
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mahīyasām pāda-rajo-'bhiṣekam niṣkiñcanānām na vṛṇita yāvat
na —not;  eṣām —of these;  matiḥ —the consciousness;  tāvat —that long;  urukrama-aṅghrim —the lotus feet of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is famous for performing uncommon activities;  spṛśati —does touch;  anartha —of unwanted things;  apagamaḥ —the disappearance;  yat —of which;  arthaḥ —the purpose;  mahīyasām —of the great souls (the  mahātmās , or devotees);  pāda-rajaḥ —by the dust of the lotus feet;  abhiṣekam —consecration;  niṣkiñcanānām —of devotees who have nothing to do with this material world;  na —not;  vṛṇita —may accept;  yāvat —as long as.
TRANSLATION
Unless they smear upon their bodies the dust of the lotus feet of a Vaiṣṇava completely freed from material contamination, persons very much inclined toward materialistic life cannot be attached to the lotus feet of the Lord, who is glorified for His uncommon activities. Only by becoming Kṛṣṇa conscious and taking shelter at the lotus feet of the Lord in this way can one be freed from material contamination.
PURPORT
Becoming Kṛṣṇa conscious brings about  anartha-apagamaḥ , the disappearance of all  anarthas , the miserable conditions we have unnecessarily accepted. The material body is the basic principle of these unwanted miserable conditions. The entire Vedic civilization is meant to relieve one from these unwanted miseries, but persons bound by the laws of nature do not know the destination of life. As described in the previous verse,  iśa-tantryām uru-dāmni baddhāḥ : they are conditioned by the three strong modes of material nature. The education that keeps the conditioned soul bound life after life is called materialistic education. Śrila Bhaktivinoda Thākura has explained that materialistic education expands the influence of  māyā . Such an education induces the conditioned soul to be increasingly attracted to materialistic life and to stray further and further away from liberation from unwanted miseries.