Text 26] Prahāda Pacifies the Lord with Prayers
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happy in the material world, but this will never be possible; we shall simply increase the blazing fire of desires. Our desires cannot be satisfied by illusory thoughts and plans; rather, we have to follow the instructions of Lord Kṛṣṇa:  sarva-dharmān parityajya mām ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vraja . Then we shall be happy. Otherwise, in the name of happiness, we shall continue to suffer miserable conditions.
TEXT 26
काहं रजःप्रभव ईश तमोऽधिकेऽसिन्  
 जातः सुरेतरकुले क तवानुकम्पा ।  
 न ब्रह्मणो न तु भवस्य न वै रमाया  
 यन्मेऽर्पितः शिरसि पद्मकरः प्रसादः॥२६॥
kvāhaṁ rajaḥ-prabhava īśa tamo 'dhike 'smin 
    jātaḥ suretara-kule kva tavānukampā 
    na brahmaṇo na tu bhavasya na vai ramāyā 
    yan me 'rpitaḥ śirasi padma-karaḥ prasādaḥ
kva —where;  aham —I (am);  rajaḥ-prabhavaḥ —being born in a body full of passion;  īśa —O my Lord;  tamaḥ —the mode of ignorance;  adhike —surpassing in;  asmin —in this;  jātaḥ —born;  sura-itara-kule —in a family of atheists or demons (who are subordinate to the devotees);  kva —where;  tava —Your;  anukampā —causeless mercy;  na —not;  brahmaṇaḥ —of Lord Brahmā;  na —not;  tu —but;  bhavasya —of Lord Śiva;  na —nor;  vai —even;  ramāyāḥ —of the goddess of fortune;  yat —which;  me —of me;  arpitaḥ —offered;  śirasi —on the head;  padma-karaḥ —lotus hand;  prasādaḥ —the symbol of mercy.
TRANSLATION
O my Lord, O Supreme, because I was born in a family full of the hellish material qualities of passion and ignorance, what is my position? And what is to be said of Your causeless mercy, which was never offered even to Lord Brahmā, Lord Śiva or the goddess of fortune, Lakṣmī? You never put Your lotus hand upon their heads, but You have put it upon mine.