Text 40]
Prahlāda Pacifies the Lord with Prayers
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harer nāma harer nāma harer nāmaiva kevalam kalau nāsty eva nāsty eva nāsty eva gatir anyathā
To cleanse the heart so that one may become sober and wise in this age of Kali, there is no value to any method other than the chanting of the Hare Kṛṣṇa  mahā-mantra . Prahlāda Mahārāja has confirmed this process in previous verses.  Tvad-vīrya-gāyana-mahāmṛta-magna-cittaḥ . Prahlāda further confirms that if one's mind is always absorbed in thought of Kṛṣṇa, that very qualification will purify one and keep one purified always. To understand the Lord and His activities, one must free his mind from all contamination of the material world, and this one can achieve by simply chanting the Lord's holy name. Thus one becomes free from all material bondage.
TEXT 40
जिह्वैकतोऽच्युत विकर्षति मावितृप्ता शिश्नोऽन्यतस्त्वगुदरं श्रवणं कुतश्चित् । घ्राणोऽन्यतश्चपलद्रक् क्व च कर्मशक्ति- बह्व्यः सपत्न्य इव गेहपतिं लुनन्ति ॥४०॥
jihvaikato 'cyuta vikarṣati māvitṛptā śiśno 'nyatas tvag-udaram śravaṇam kutaścit ghrāṇo 'nyataś capala-dṛk kva ca karma-śaktir bahvyaḥ sapatnya iva geha-patim lunanti
jihvā—the tongue; ekataḥ—to one side; acyuta—O my infallible Lord; vikarṣati—attracts; mā—me; avitṛptā—not being satisfied; śiśnaḥ—the genitals; anyataḥ—to another side; tvak—the skin (for touching a soft thing); udaram—the belly (for various types of food); śravaṇam—the ear (for hearing some sweet music); kutaścit—to some other side; ghrāṇaḥ—the nose (for smelling); anyataḥ—to still another side; capala-dṛk—the restless eyesight; kva ca—somewhere; karma-śaktiḥ—the active senses; bahvyaḥ—many; sa-patnyaḥ—co-wives; iva—like; geha-patim—a householder; lunanti—annihilate.