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Prahlāda Pacifies the Lord with Prayers
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how Americans and Europeans, because of their full Kṛṣṇa consciousness, have purified their whole families, so much so that a mother of a devotee, at the time of her death, inquired about Kṛṣṇa with her last breath. Therefore it is theoretically true and has been practically proven that a devotee can give the best service to his family, his community, his society and his nation. The foolish accuse a devotee of following the principle of escapism, but actually the fact is that a devotee is the right person to elevate his family. A devotee engages everything in the service of the Lord, and therefore he is always exalted.
TEXT 11
नैशत्मनः प्रभुरयं निजलाभपूर्णो
मानं जनादविदुषः करुणो वृणीते ।
यद् यज्जनो भगवते विदधीत मानं
तच्चात्मने प्रतिमुखस्य यथा मुखश्रीः ॥११॥
naivātmanaḥ prabhur ayam nija-lābha-pūrṇo mānam janād aviduṣaḥ karuṇo vṛṇīte yad yaj jano bhagavate vidadhīta mānam tac cātmane prati-mukhasya yathā mukha-śrīḥ
na—nor; eva—certainly; ātmanaḥ—for His personal benefit; prabhuḥ—Lord; ayam—this; nija-lābha-pūrṇaḥ—is always satisfied in Himself (He does not need to be satisfied by the service of others); mānam—respect; janāt—from a person; aviduṣaḥ—who does not know that the aim of life is to please the Supreme Lord; karuṇaḥ—(the Supreme Personality of Godhead), who is so kind to this foolish, ignorant person; vṛṇīte—accepts; yat yat—whatever; janaḥ—a person; bhagavate—unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead; vidadhīta—may offer; mānam—worship; tat—that; ca—indeed; ātmane—for his own benefit; prati-mukhasya—of the reflection of the face in the mirror; yathā—just as; mukha-śrīḥ—the decoration of the face.
TRANSLATION
The Supreme Lord, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is always fully satisfied in Himself. Therefore when something is