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Prahlāda Pacifies the Lord with Prayers
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been described as  vimūḍha —first-class fools. As for Prahlāda Mahārāja, he was not at all unhappy, for although he was in the material world, he was full of Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Those who are Kṛṣṇa conscious, trying to serve the Lord, are not unhappy, whereas one who has no assets in Kṛṣṇa consciousness and is struggling for existence is not only foolish but extremely unhappy also. Prahlāda Mahārāja was happy and unhappy simultaneously. He felt happiness and transcendental bliss because of his being Kṛṣṇa conscious, yet he felt great unhappiness for the fools and rascals who make elaborate plans to be happy in this material world.
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प्रायेण देव मुनयः स्वविमुक्तिकामा
मौनं चरन्ति विजने न परार्थनिष्ठाः ।
नैतान्विहाय कृपणान्विमुमुक्ष एको
नान्यं त्वदस्य शरणं भ्रमतोऽनुपश्ये ॥४४॥
prāyeṇa deva munayaḥ sva-vimukti-kāmā maunam caranti vijane na parārtha-niṣṭhāḥ naitān vihāya kṛpaṇān vimumukṣa eko nānyam tvad asya śaraṇam bhramato 'nupaśye
prāyeṇa —generally, in almost all cases;  deva —O my Lord;  munayaḥ —the great saintly persons;  sva —personal, own;  vimukti-kāmāḥ —ambitious for liberation from this material world;  maunam —silently;  caranti —they wander (in places like the Himalayan forests, where they have no touch with the activities of the materialists);  vijane —in solitary places;  na —not;  para-artha-niṣṭhāḥ —interested in working for others by giving them the benefit of the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement, by enlightening them with Kṛṣṇa consciousness;  na —not;  etān —these;  vihāya —leaving aside;  kṛpaṇān —fools and rascals (engaged in materialistic activity who do not know the benefit of the human form of life);  vimumukṣe —I desire to be liberated and to return home, back to Godhead;  ekaḥ —alone;  na —not;  anyam —other;  tvat —but for You;  asya —of this;  śaraṇam —shelter;  bhramataḥ —of the living entity rotating and wandering throughout the material universes;  anupaśye —do I see.