Text 14] Prahlada, the Saintly Son of Hiranyakasipu 235

PURPORT

Prahlada Maharaja admitted frankly, “My dear teachers, you wrongly
think that Lord Visnu is your enemy, but because He is favorable toward
me, I understand that He is the friend of everyone. You may think that I
have taken the side of your enemy, but factually He has bestowed a great
favor upon me.”

TEXT 14

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yatha bhramyaty ayo brahman
svayam Gkarsa-sannidhau

tatha me bhidyate cetas
cakra-paner yadrcchaya

yatha—just as; bhramyati—moves; ayah—iron; brahman—O
bréhmanas; svayam—itself; akarsa—of a magnet; sannidhau—in the
proximity; tathé—similarly; me—my; bhidyate—is changed; cetah—
consciousness; cakra-paneh—of Lord Visnu, who has a disc in His hand;

yadrechayad—simply by the will.

TRANSLATION

O brahmanas [teachers], as iron attracted by a magnetic stone
moves automatically toward the magnet, my consciousness, having
been changed by His will, is attracted by Lord Visnu, who carries a
disc in His hand. Thus I have no independence.

PURPORT

For iron to be attracted by a magnet is natural. Similarly, for all living
entities to be attracted toward Krsna is natural, and therefore the Lord’s
real name is Krsna, meaning He who attracts everyone and everything.
The typical examples of such attraction are found in Vrndavana, where
everything and everyone is attracted by Krsna. The elderly persons like
Nanda Maharaja and Yasodadevi, the friends like Sridama, Sudama and
