Text 66] Prahāda, the Best Among Exalted Devotees
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cessful without His sanction.” We may make our own various plans, but unless they are sanctioned by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Viṣṇu, they will never be successful. Hundreds and millions of plans are made by all kinds of living entities, but without the sanction of the Supreme Lord they are futile.
TEXT 65-66
अथासौ शक्तिमिःस्वाभिः शम्भोः प्राधानिकं व्यधात् । 
    धर्मज्ञानविरक्त युद्धितपोविद्याक्रियादिभिः ॥६५॥ 
    रथं सूतं ध्वजं वाहान्धनुर्वर्मं शरादि यत् । 
    सन्नद्धो रथमास्थाय शरं धनुरुपाददे ॥६६॥
athāsau śaktibhiḥ svābhiḥ 
    śambhoḥ prādhānikam vyadhāt 
    dharma-jñāna-virakty-ṛddhi- 
    tapo-vidyā-kriyādibhiḥ
ratham sūtam dhvajam vāhān 
    dhanur varma-śarādi yat 
    sannaddho ratham āsthāya 
    śaram dhanur upādade
atha—thereafter; asau—He (Lord Kṛṣṇa); śaktibhiḥ—by His potencies; svābhiḥ—personal; śambhoḥ—of Lord Śiva; prādhānikam—ingredients; vyadhāt—created; dharma—religion; jñāna—knowledge; virakti—renunciation; ṛddhi—opulence; tapaḥ—austerity; vidyā—education; kriyā—activities; ādibhiḥ—by all these and other transcendental opulences; ratham—chariot; sūtam—charioteer; dhvajam—flag; vāhān—horses and elephants; dhanuḥ—bow; varma—shield; śaraādi—arrows and so on; yat—everything that was required; sannaddhaḥ—equipped; ratham—on the chariot; āsthāya—seated; śaram—arrow; dhanuḥ—unto the bow; upādade—joined.
TRANSLATION
Nārada Muni continued: Thereafter, Lord Kṛṣṇa, by His own personal potency, consisting of religion, knowledge, renunciation,