Text 15] Prahlada, the Saintly Son of Hiranyakasipu 237
duality of delusion, engage themselves in My service with determina-
tion.” One must be freed from all the sinful dirt of material existence.
Everyone in this material world is contaminated by material desire. Un-
less one is free from all material desire (anyabhilasita-Sinyam), one
cannot be attracted by Krsna.
TEXT 15
HARZ TAA
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$ri-ndrada uvdca
etavad brahmandyoktva
virarama mahé-matih
tam sannibhartsya kupitah
sudino raja-sevakah
Sri-néradah uvadca—Narada Muni said; efdvat—this much;
brahmanaéya—unto the bréhmanas, the sons of Sukracarya; uktva—
speaking; virardma—became silent; mahdé-matih—Prahlada Maharaja,
who possessed great intelligence; tam—him (Prahlada Maharaja);
sannibhartsya—chastising very harshly; kupitah—being angry; su-
dinah—poor in thought, or very much aggrieved; rdja-sevakah—the
servants of King Hiranyakasipu.
TRANSLATION
The great saint Narada Muni continued: The great soul Prahlada
Maharaja became silent after saying this to his teachers, Sanda and
Amarka, the seminal sons of Sukracarya. These so-called
brahmanas then became angry at him. Because they were servants
of Hiranyakasipu, they were very sorry, and to chastise Prahlada
Maharaja they spoke as follows.
PURPORT
The word sukra means “semen.” The sons of Sukracarya were
bréhmanas by birthright, but an actual brahmana is one who possesses
