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heart. It is sometimes said that when one is influenced by evil stars like
Saturn, Rahu or Ketu, he cannot make advancement in any prospective
activity. In just the opposite way, Prahlada Maharaja was influenced by
Krsna, the supreme planet, and thus he could not think of the material
world and live without Krsna consciousness. That is the sign of a maha-
bhagavata. Even if one is an enemy of Krsna, a mahd-bhagavata sees
him to be also engaged in Krsna’s service. Another crude example is that
everything appears yellow to the jaundiced eye. Similarly, to a mahd-
bhagavata, everyone but himself appears to be engaged in Krsna’s
service.

Prahlada Maharaja is the approved maha-bhdgavata, the supreme de-
votee. In the previous verse it was stated that he had natural attachment
(naisargiki ratih). The symptoms of such natural attachment for Krsna
are described in this verse. Although Prahlada Maharaja was only a boy,
he had no interest in playing. As stated in Srimad-Bhagavatam
(11.2.42), viraktir anyatra ca: the symptom of perfect Krsna conscious-
ness is that one loses interest in all material activities. For a small boy to
give up playing is impossible, but Prahlada Maharaja, being situated in
first-class devotional service, was always absorbed in a trance of Krsna
consciousness. Just as a materialistic person is always absorbed in
thoughts of material gain, a maha-bhdgavata like Prahlada Maharaja is
always absorbed in thoughts of Krsna.

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Hata: SAAT AAA: MTA FA |
agar cay ater: 12!
Gsinah paryatann asnan
Sayanah prapiban bruvan
ndénusandhatta etani
govinda-parirambhitah

asinah—while sitting; paryatan—while walking; asnan—while eat-
ing; Sayaénah—while lying down; prapiban—while drinking; bruvan—
while talking; na—not; anusandhatte—knew; etani—all these ac-
