218 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 7, Ch. 5
tau rajnd prapitam balam
prahladam naya-kovidam
pathayadm asatuh pathyan
anyams casura-balakan
tau—those two (Sanda and Amarka); rajad—by the King;
prapitam—sent; balam—the boy; prahladam—named Prahlada; naya-
kovidam—who was aware of moral principles; paéthayam adsatuh—in-
structed; pathyan—books of material knowledge; anyan—other; ca—
also; asura-balakan—sons of the asuras.
TRANSLATION
Prahlada Maharaja was already educated in devotional life, but
when his father sent him to those two sons of Sukracarya to be
educated, they accepted him at their school along with the other
sons of the asuras.
TEXT 3
THT TEM Ah BAISTIMS FI
aq ay AAA AeA AMMAMEATY II 3 U1
yat tatra gurund proktarn
Susruve ’nupapatha ca
na sadhu manasa mene
sva-parasad-grahdésrayam
yat—which; tatra—there (in the school); gurund—by the teachers;
proktam—instructed; susruve—heard; anupapatha—recited; ca—and;
na—not; sddhu—good; manasd—by the mind; mene—considered;
sva—of one’s own; para—and of others; asat-graha—by the bad phi-
losophy; dsrayam—which was supported.
TRANSLATION
Prahlada certainly heard and recited the topics of politics and
economics taught by the teachers, but he understood that political
philosophy involves considering someone a friend and someone
else an enemy, and thus he did not like it.
