226 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 7, Ch. 5

the preachers of Krsna consciousness must go forward—in their
Vaisnava dress or any other dress—for the purpose of preaching.
Canakya Pandita says that if an honest person deals with a great cheater,
it is necessary for him to become a cheater also, not for the purpose of
cheating but to make his preaching successful.

TEXT 8

TEANGA «aI ACTA: |
TIA GENT WA ARK Ged AAA « I

grham anitam ahiiya
prahradam daitya-yajakah

prasasya Slaksnaya vaca
samaprcchanta samabhih

grham—to the place of the teachers (Sanda and Amarka); dnitam—
brought; dhiiya—calling; prahradam—Prahlada; daitya-yajakah —the
priests of the demon Hiranyakasipu; prasasya—by pacifying;
slaksnayé—with a very mild; vécd—voice; samaprcchanta—they ques-
tioned; saémabhih—by very agreeable words.

TRANSLATION

When Hiranyakasipu’s servants brought the boy Prahlada back
to the guru-kula [the place where the brahmanas taught the boys],
the priests of the demons, Sanda and Amarka, pacified him. With
very mild voices and affectionate words, they inquired from him as
follows.

PURPORT

Sanda and Amarka, the priests of the demons, were eager to know
from Prahlada Maharaja who the Vaisnavas were that came to instruct
him in Krsna consciousness. Their purpose was to discover the names of
these Vaisnavas. In the beginning they did not threaten the boy because
when threatened he might not identify the real culprits. Therefore they
very mildly and peacefully inquired as follows.
