Text 19] Prahlāda Instructs His Demoniac Schoolmates
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āśrayeta ). In this verse also, he stresses the same point. In the history of human society, no one, at any time or any place, has been liberated because of too much affection and attachment for his family. Even in those who are apparently very educated, the same family attachment is there. They cannot give up the association of their families, even in old age or invalidity, for they are attached to sense enjoyment. As we have several times discussed,  yan maithunādi-gṛhamedhi-sukham hi tuccham : so-called householders are simply attracted by sexual enjoyment. Thus they keep themselves shackled in family life, and furthermore they want their children to be shackled in the same way. Playing the parts of playboys in the hands of women, they glide down to the darkest regions of material existence.  Adānta-gobhir viśatām tamisram punaḥ punaś carvita-carvaṇānām . Because they are unable to control their senses, they continue a life of chewing the chewed and therefore descend to the darkest material regions. One should give up the association of such demons and adhere to the association of devotees. Thus one will be able to be liberated from material bondage.
TEXT 19
न ह्यच्युतं प्रीणयतां बह्वायासोऽसुरात्मजाः । आत्मत्वात् सर्वभूतानां सिद्धत्वादिह सर्वतः ॥१९॥
na hy acyutam prīṇayato bahv-āyāso 'surātmajāḥ ātmatvāt sarva-bhūtānām siddhatvād iha sarvataḥ
na —not;  hi —indeed;  acyutam —the infallible Supreme Personality of Godhead;  prīṇayataḥ —satisfying;  bahu —much;  āyāsaḥ —endeavor;  asura-ātma-jāḥ —O sons of demons;  ātmatvāt —because of being intimately related as the Supersoul;  sarva-bhūtānām —of all living entities;  siddhatvāt —because of being established;  iha —in this world;  sarvataḥ —in all directions, in all times and from all angles of vision.
TRANSLATION
My dear sons of demons, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Nārāyaṇa, is the original Supersoul, the father of all living entities.