Text 17] Prahlāda, the Best Among Exalted Devotees
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in logically supporting that anyone who chants about the pure life and activities of Prahlāda Mahārāja is freed from the reactions of material activities.
TEXTS 15-17
श्रीप्रहाद उवाच
वरं वरय एतत् ते वरदेशान्महेश्वर । 
    यदनिन्दत् पिता मे त्वामविद्वांस्तेज ऐश्वरम् ॥१५॥ 
    विद्वामर्षाशयः साक्षात् सर्वलोकगुरुं प्रभुम् । 
    भ्रातृहेति मृषादृष्टिस्त्वद्भक्ते मयि चाधवान् ॥१६॥ 
    तस्मात् पिता मे पूयेत दुरन्ताद् दुस्तरादधात् । 
    पुतस्तेऽपाङ्गसंदृष्टस्तदा      कृपणवत्सल ॥१७॥
śrī-prahrāda uvāca 
    varaṁ varaya etat te 
    varadeśān maheśvara 
    yad anindat pitā me 
    tvām avidvāṁs teja aiśvaram
viddhāmarṣāśayaḥ sākṣāt 
    sarva-loka-guruṁ prabhum 
    bhrātṛ-heti mṛṣā-dṛṣṭis 
    tvad-bhakte mayi cāghavān
tasmāt pitā me pūyeta 
    durantād dustarād aghāt 
    pūtas te 'pāñga-saṁdṛṣṭas 
    tadā kṛpaṇa-vatsala
śrī-prahrādaḥ uvāca—Prahlāda Mahārāja said; varam—benediction; varaye—I pray; etat—this; te—from You; varada-īśāt—the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who offers benedictions even to such exalted demigods as Brahmā and Śiva; mahā-īśvara—O my Supreme Lord; yat—that; anindat—vilified; pitā—father; me—my; tvām—You; avid-vān—without knowledge of; tejaḥ—strength; aiśvaram—supremacy;