Text 44] Prahlāda, the Best Among Exalted Devotees
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सर्गस्थित्यप्ययेशस्य गुणकर्मानुवर्णनम् । परावरेषां स्थानानां कालेन व्यत्ययो महान् ॥४४॥
prahrādasyānucaritam mahā-bhāgavatasya ca bhaktir jñānam viraktiś ca yāthārthyam cāsya vai hareḥ
sarga-sthity-apyayeśasya guṇa-karmānuvarṇanam parāvareṣām sthānānām kālena vyatyayo mahān
prahrādasya —of Prahlāda Mahārāja;  anucaritam —characteristics (understood by reading or describing his activities);  mahā-bhāgavatasya —of the great and exalted devotee;  ca —also;  bhaktiḥ —devotional service unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead;  jñānam —complete knowledge of the Transcendence (Brahman, Paramātmā and Bhagavān);  viraktiḥ —renunciation of material existence;  ca —also;  yāthārthyam —just to understand each of them perfectly;  ca —and;  asya —of this;  vai —indeed;  hareḥ —always in reference to the Supreme Personality of Godhead;  sarga —of creation;  sthiti —maintenance;  apyaya —and annihilation;  īśasya —of the master (the Supreme Personality of Godhead);  guṇa —of the transcendental qualities and opulences;  karma —and activities;  anuvarṇanam —description within the disciplic succession;*  para-avareṣām —of different types of living entities known as demigods and demons;  sthānānām —of the various planets or places to live;  kālena —in due course of time;  vyatyayaḥ —the annihilation of everything;  mahān —although very great.
TRANSLATION
This narration describes the characteristics of the great and exalted devotee Prahlāda Mahārāja, his staunch devotional service,
*The word  anu  means “after.” Authorized persons do not create anything; rather, they follow the previous  ācāryas .