Text 26] Prahlāda Instructs His Demoniac Schoolmates
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persons who are completely transcendental to the material activities of separateness, who make no distinction between “mine” and “yours,” but who simply engage in the devotional service of the Lord, are actually fit to accept  bhāgavata-dharma  ( dharmān bhagavatān iha ). Because they are  nirmatsara , not jealous of anyone, they want to make others devotees, even their enemies. In this regard, Śrīla Madhvācārya remarks,  kāṅikṣate mokṣa-gam api sukham nākāṅikṣato yathā . Devotees are not desirous of any material happiness, including the happiness derived from liberation. This is called  anyābhilāṣitā-śūnyam jñāna-karmādyanāvṛtam .  Karmīs  desire material happiness, and  jñānīs  desire liberation, but a devotee does not desire anything; he is simply satisfied by rendering transcendental loving service at the lotus feet of the Lord and glorifying Him everywhere by preaching, which is his life and soul.
TEXT 26
धर्मार्थकाम इति योऽभिहितस्त्रिवर्ग 
    ईक्षा त्रयी नयदमौ विविधा च वार्ता। 
    मन्ये तदेतदखिलं निगमस्य सत्यं 
    स्वात्मार्पणं स्वसुहृदः परमस्य पुंसः ॥२६॥
dharmārtha-kāma iti yo 'bhihitas tri-varga 
    ikṣā trayī naya-damau vividhā ca vārtā 
    manye tad etad akhilam nigamasya satyam 
    svātmārpaṇam sva-suhṛdaḥ paramasya puṁsaḥ
dharma—religion; artha—economic development; kāmaḥ—regulated sense gratification; iti—thus; yaḥ—which; abhihitaḥ—prescribed; tri-vargaḥ—the group of three; ikṣā—self-realization; trayī—the Vedic ritualistic ceremonies; naya—logic; damau—and the science of law and order; vividhā—varieties of; ca—also; vārtā—occupational duties, or one’s livelihood; manye—I consider; tat—them; etat—these; akhilam—all; nigamasya—of the Vedas; satyam—truth; sva-ātma-arpaṇam—the full surrendering of one’s self; sva-suhṛdaḥ—unto the supreme friend; paramasya—the ultimate; puṁsaḥ—personality.