Text 43]
Prahlāda Pacifies the Lord with Prayers
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TEXT 43
नैवोद्धिजे पर दुर्त्ययवैतरण्या- 
  स्त्वद्वीर्यगायनमहामृतमग्नचित्तः । 
  शोचे ततो विमुखचेतस इन्द्रियार्थ- 
  मायासुखाय भरमुद्वहतो विमृदान् ॥४३॥
naivodvije para duratyaya-vaitaraṇyās 
  tvad-vīrya-gāyana-mahāmṛta-magna-cittaḥ 
  śoce tato vimukha-cetasa indriyārtha- 
  māyā-sukhāya bharam udvahato vimūḍhān
na —not;  eva —certainly;  udvije —I am disturbed or afraid;  para —O Supreme;  duratyaya —insurmountable or very difficult to cross;  vaitaraṇyāḥ —of the Vaitaraṇī, the river of the material world;  tvat-vīrya —of Your Lordship's glories and activities;  gāyana —from chanting or distributing;  mahā-amṛta —in the great ocean of nectarean spiritual bliss;  magna-cittaḥ —whose consciousness is absorbed;  śoce —I am simply lamenting;  tataḥ —from that;  vimukha-cetasaḥ —the fools and rascals who are bereft of Kṛṣṇa consciousness;  indriya-artha —in sense gratification;  māyā-sukhāya —for temporary, illusory happiness;  bharam —the false burden or responsibility (of maintaining one's family, society and nation and elaborate arrangements for that purpose);  udvahataḥ —who are lifting (by making grand plans for this arrangement);  vimūḍhān —although all of them are nothing but fools and rascals (I am thinking of them also).
TRANSLATION
O best of the great personalities, I am not at all afraid of material existence, for wherever I stay I am fully absorbed in thoughts of Your glories and activities. My concern is only for the fools and rascals who are making elaborate plans for material happiness and maintaining their families, societies and countries. I am simply concerned with love for them.