Text 13]
The Behavior of a Perfect Person
97
TRANSLATION
As a historical example of this, learned sages recite the story of an ancient discussion between Prahlāda Mahārāja and a great saintly person who was feeding himself like a python.
PURPORT
The saintly person met by Prahlāda Mahārāja was undergoing  ājagara-vṛtti , the living conditions of a python, which does not go anywhere but sits in one place for years and eats whatever is automatically available. Prahlāda Mahārāja, along with his associates, met this great saint and spoke to him as follows.
TEXTS 12-13
तं शयानं धरोपस्थे कावेर्या सह्यसानुनि । 
  रजस्वलैस्तन्देशेनिगूढापत्तजसम् ॥१२॥ 
  ददर्श लोकान्विचरन् लोकतत्त्वविवित्सया । 
  वृतोऽमात्यैः कतिपयैः प्रह्लादो भगवत्प्रियः ॥१३॥
tam śayānam dharopasthe 
  kāveryām sahya-sānuni 
  rajas-valais tanū-deśair 
  nigūḍhāmala-tejasam
dadarśa lokān vicaran 
  loka-tattva-vivitsayā 
  vṛto 'mātyaiḥ katipayaiḥ 
  prahrādo bhagavat-priyaḥ
tam—that (saintly person); śayānam—lying down; dharā-upasthe—on the ground; kāveryām—on the bank of the River Kāverī; sahya-sānuni—on a ridge of the mountain known as Sahya; rajaḥ-valaiḥ—covered with dust and dirt; tanū-deśaiḥ—with all the parts of the body; nigūḍha—very grave and deep; amala—spotless; tejasam—whose