Text 11] Prahlada, the Saintly Son of Hiranyakasipu 229
the external energy; krtah—created; vimohita—bewildered; dhiyam—
of those whose intelligence; drstah—practically experienced; tasmai—
unto Him; bhagavate—the Supreme Personality of Godhead; namah—
my respectful obeisances.

TRANSLATION

Prahlada Maharaja replied: Let me offer my respectful obei-
sances unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead, whose external
energy has created the distinctions of “‘my friend’”’ and “my
enemy” by deluding the intelligence of men. Indeed, I am now ac-
tually experiencing this, although I have previously heard of it
from authoritative sources.

PURPORT
As stated in Bhagavad-gita (5.18):
vidyd-vinaya-sampanne
brahmane gavi hastini
Suni caiva svapake ca
panditah sama-darsinah
“The humble sage, by virtue of true knowledge, sees with equal vision a
learned and gentle brahmana, a cow, an elephant, a dog and a dog-eater
[outcaste].”” Panditah, those who are actually learned—the equipoised,
advanced devotees who have full knowledge of everything—do not see
any living entity as an enemy or friend. Instead, with broader vision,
they see that everyone is part of Krsna, as confirmed by Sri Caitanya
Mahaprabhu (jivera ‘svariipa’ haya —krsnera ‘nitya-dasa). Every liv-
ing entity, being part of the Supreme Lord, is meant to serve the Lord,
just as every part of the body is meant to serve the whole body.

As servants of the Supreme Lord, all living entities are one, but a
Vaisnava, because of his natural humility, addresses every other living
entity as prabhu. A Vaisnava sees other servants to be so advanced that
he has much to learn from them. Thus he accepts all other devotees of
the Lord as prabhus, masters. Although everyone is a servant of the
Lord, one Vaisnava servant, because of humility, sees another servant as
