570 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 3, Ch. 14

he is always eager to mitigate the miseries of suffering humanity. The
most obnoxious misery of a living entity is his forgetfulness of Krsna. A
pure devotee, therefore, always tries to evoke everyone’s Krsna conscious-
ness. This is the panacea for all miseries.

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AVKHGTATETY |
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ZA HCAS aafisaragy tel

antar bahis camalam abja-netrarm
sva-purusecchanugrhita-rupam
pautras tava sri-lalana-lalamam
drasta sphurat-kundala-manditananam

antah—within; bahih— without; ea—also; amalam—spotless; abja-netram—
lotus eyes; sva-piirusa—own devotee; iccha-anugrhita-rijpam—accepting form
according to desire; pautrah—grandchild; tava—your; sri-lalana—beautiful
goddess of fortune; lalamam—decorated; drasta—will see; sphurat-kundala—
with brilliant earrings; mandita—decorated; ananam—face.

TRANSLATION

Your grandson will be able to see, inside and outside, the Supreme
Personality of Godhead, whose wife is the beautiful goddess of fortune.
He can assume the form desired by the devotee, and His face is always
beautifully decorated with earrings.

PURPORT

It is predicted herewith that the grandson of Diti, Prahlada Maharaja,
would not only see the Personality of Godhead within himself by
meditation but would also be able to see Him personally with his eyes.
This direct vision is possible only for one who is highly elevated in Krsna
consciousness, for it is not possible to see the Lord with these material
eyes. The Supreme Personality of Godhead has multifarious eternal forms
such as Krsna, Baladeva, Sankarsana, Aniruddha, Pradyumna, Vasudeva,
Narayana, Rama, Nrsimha, Varaha and Vamana, and the devotee of the
Lord knows all those Visnu forms. A pure devotee becomes attached to
one of the eternal forms of the Lord, and the Lord is pleased to appear
before him in the form desired. A devotee does not imagine something
