Text 3] Prahlāda, the Best Among Exalted Devotees
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demigods to procure various material opulences. They are especially attached to worship of the goddess Durgā and Lord Śiva because this transcendental couple can offer their devotees all material opulence. Prahlāda Mahārāja, however, was detached from all material enjoyment. He therefore took shelter of the lotus feet of Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva, and not the feet of any demigod. It is to be understood that if one really wants release from this material world, from the threefold miseries and from  janma-mṛtyu-jarā-vyādhi  (birth, death, old age and disease), one must take shelter of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, for without the Supreme Personality of Godhead one cannot get release from materialistic life. Atheistic men are very much attached to material enjoyment. Therefore if they get some opportunity to achieve more and more material enjoyment, they take it. Prahlāda Mahārāja, however, was very careful in this regard. Although born of a materialistic father, because he was a devotee he had no material desires ( anyābhilāṣitā-śūnyam ).
TEXT 3
भृत्यलक्षणजिज्ञासुर्भक्तं कामेष्वचोदयत् । 
    भवान् संसारबीजेषु हृदयग्रन्थिषु प्रभो ॥ ३ ॥
bhṛtya-lakṣaṇa-jijñāsur 
    bhaktam kāmeṣu acodayat 
    bhavān saṁsāra-bījeṣu 
    hṛdaya-granthiṣu prabho
bhṛtya-lakṣaṇa-jijñāsuḥ —desiring to exhibit the symptoms of a pure devotee;  bhaktam —the devotee;  kāmeṣu —in the material world, where lusty desires predominate;  acodayat —has sent;  bhavān —Your Lordship;  saṁsāra-bījeṣu —the root cause of being present in this material world;  hṛdaya-granthiṣu —which (desire for material enjoyment) is in the cores of the hearts of all conditioned souls;  prabho —O my worshipable Lord.
TRANSLATION
O my worshipable Lord, because the seed of lusty desires, which is the root cause of material existence, is within the core of