246 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 7, Ch. 5

Sanda and Amarka, the sons of Sukracarya in the seminal disciplic suc-
cession, were the gurus appointed by his father, but his other guru was
the exalted Narada Muni, who had instructed Prahlada when Prahlada
was within the womb of his mother. Prahlada Maharaja responded to the
inquiry of his father with the instructions he had received from his
spiritual master, Narada. Thus there was again a difference of opinion
because Prahlada Maharaja wanted to relate the best thing he had
learned from his spiritual master, whereas Hiranyakasipu expected to
hear about the politics and diplomacy Prahlada had learned from Sanda
and Amarka. Now the dissension between the father and son became in-
creasingly intense as Prahlada Maharaja began to say what he had
learned from his guru Narada Muni.

TEXTS 23-24

aETe TATA
wat stad Feo: wet waaay |
aad aad Bre ARTATEAAAITAH (RAM
afa garfia fen afasaqacaot |
feta wea aeyeasdiaTTAy 122

Sri-prahrada uvaca
Sravanam kirtanam visnoh
smaranam pdda-sevanam
arcanam vandanam dasyam
sakhyam Gtma-nivedanam

iti purnsGrpita visnau
bhaktis cen nava-laksana
kriyeta bhagavaty addha

tan manye ‘dhitam uttamam

$ri-prahradah uvaéca—Prahlada Maharaja said; sravanam—hearing;
kirtanam—chanting; visnoh—of Lord Visnu (not anyone sp
smaranam—remembering; § pdda-sevanam—serving the feet;
arcanam—offering worship (with sodasopacdra, the sixteen kinds of
