Text 24] Prahlāda Instructs His Demoniac Schoolmates
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contact with a pure devotee and is intelligent enough to take instructions from the pure devotee regarding the process of devotional service, he can understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the origin of Brahman and Paramātmā, without difficulty. In this regard, Śrīla Madhvācārya says:
antaryāmī pratyag-ātmā vyāptaḥ kālo hariḥ smṛtaḥ prakṛtyā tamasāvṛtatvāt harer aiśvaryaṁ na jñāyate
The Lord is present as  antaryāmī  in everyone's heart and is visible in the individual soul covered by a body. Indeed, He is everywhere at every time and every condition, but because He is covered by the curtain of material energy, to an ordinary person there appears to be no God.
TEXT 24
तस्मात् सर्वेषु भूतेषु दयां कुरुत सौहृदम् ।
भावमासुरमुन्मुन्य यया तुष्यत्यधोक्षजः ॥२४॥
tasmāt sarveṣu bhūteṣu dayāṁ kuruta sauhṛdam bhāvam āsuram unmucya yayā tuṣyaty adhokṣajaḥ
tasmāt—therefore; sarveṣu—to all; bhūteṣu—living entities; dayām—mercy; kuruta—show; sauhṛdam—friendliness; bhāvam—the attitude; āsuram—of the demons (who separate friends and enemies); unmucya—giving up; yayā—by which; tuṣyati—is satisfied; adhokṣajaḥ—the Supreme Lord, who is beyond the perception of the senses.
TRANSLATION
Therefore, my dear young friends born of demons, please act in such a way that the Supreme Lord, who is beyond the conception of material knowledge, will be satisfied. Give up your demoniac