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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 7, Ch. 10]
TEXT 2
श्रीप्रह्लादं उवाच
मा मां प्रलोभयोत्पत्त्या सक्तं कामेषु तैर्वरैः। तत्सङ्गभीतो निर्विष्णो मुमुक्षुस्त्वामुपाश्रितः ॥ २ ॥
śrī-prahrāda uvāca mā māṁ pralobhayotpattyā saktaṁ kāmeṣu tair varaiḥ tat-saṅga-bhīto nirviṇṇo mumukṣus tvām upāśritaḥ
śrī-prahrādaḥ uvāca—Prahlāda Mahārāja said (to the Supreme Personality of Godhead); mā—please do not; mām—me; pralobhaya—allure; utpattyā—because of my birth (in a demoniac family); saktam—(I am already) attached; kāmeṣu—to material enjoyment; taiḥ—by all those; varaiḥ—benedictions of material possessions; tat-saṅga-bhītaḥ—being afraid of such material association; nirviṇṇaḥ—completely detached from material desires; mumukṣuḥ—desiring to be liberated from material conditions of life; tvām—unto Your lotus feet; upāśritaḥ—I have taken shelter.
TRANSLATION
Prahlāda Mahārāja said: My dear Lord, O Supreme Personality of Godhead, because I was born in an atheistic family I am naturally attached to material enjoyment. Therefore, kindly do not tempt me with these illusions. I am very much afraid of material conditions, and I desire to be liberated from materialistic life. It is for this reason that I have taken shelter of Your lotus feet.
PURPORT
Materialistic life means attachment to the body and everything in relationship to the body. This attachment is based on lusty desires for sense gratification, specifically sexual enjoyment.  Kāmais tais tair hṛta-jñānāḥ : when one is too attached to material enjoyment, he is bereft of all knowledge ( hṛta-jñānāḥ ). As stated in  Bhagavad-gītā , those who are attached to material enjoyment are mostly inclined to worship the