Text 8] Prahlāda, the Best Among Exalted Devotees
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You, I pray that within the core of my heart there may be no material desires.” The desire to serve the Supreme Personality of Godhead is not at all material.
TEXT 8
इन्द्रियाणि मनः प्राण आत्मा धर्मो धृतिर्मतिः । होः श्रीस्तेजः स्मृतिः सत्यं यस्य नश्यन्ति जन्मना ॥ ८ ॥
indriyāṇi manaḥ prāṇa ātmā dharmo dhṛtir matiḥ hrīḥ śrīs tejaḥ smṛtiḥ satyaṁ yasya naśyanti janmanā
indriyāṇi—the senses; manaḥ—the mind; prāṇaḥ—the life air; ātmā—the body; dharmaḥ—religion; dhṛtiḥ—patience; matiḥ—intelligence; hrīḥ—shyness; śrīḥ—opulence; tejaḥ—strength; smṛtiḥ—memory; satyaṁ—truthfulness; yasya—of which lusty desires; naśyanti—are vanquished; janmanā—from the very beginning of birth.
TRANSLATION
O my Lord, because of lusty desires from the very beginning of one’s birth, the functions of one’s senses, mind, life, body, religion, patience, intelligence, shyness, opulence, strength, memory and truthfulness are vanquished.
PURPORT
As stated in  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, kāmaṁ hṛd-rogam . Materialistic life means that one is afflicted by a formidable disease called lusty desire. Liberation means freedom from lusty desires because it is only due to such desires that one must accept repeated birth and death. As long as one’s lusty desires are unfulfilled, one must take birth after birth to fulfill them. Because of material desires, therefore, one performs various types of activities and receives various types of bodies with which to try to fulfill desires that are never satisfied. The only remedy is to take to devotional service, which begins when one is free from all material desires.  Anyābhilāṣitā-śūnyam. Anya-abhilāṣitā  means “material