266 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 7, Ch. 5

TRANSLATION

Sri Narada Muni continued: When Hiranyakasipu received this
reply from the teacher, he again addressed his son Prahlada.
HiranyakaSipu said: You rascal, most fallen of our family, if you
have not received this education from your teachers, where have
you gotten it?

PURPORT

Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura explains that devotional service
is actually bhadra sati, not abhadra asati. In other words, knowledge of
devotional service can be neither inauspicious nor contrary to etiquette.
To learn devotional service is the duty of everyone. Therefore the spon-
taneous education of Prahlada Maharaja is supported as auspicious and
perfect.

TEXT 30
TET TNF

afid eet Wa: aa a
fraisfiqda Teaaary |

werantaiaa afae
Ga: gaafiaaaoary 1 oll

$ri-prahrada uvaca
matir na krsne paratah svato va
mitho ’bhipadyeta grha-vratanam
adanta-gobhir visatam tamisram
punah punas carvita-carvandnam

Sri-prahradah uvéca—Prahlada Maharaja said; matih—inclination;
na—never; krsne—unto Lord Krsna; paratah—from the instructions of
others; svatah—from their own understanding; va—either; mithah—
from combined effort; abhipadyeta—is developed; grha-vratanam—of
persons too addicted to the materialistic, bodily conception of life;
adaénta—uncontrolled; gobhih—by the senses; visatém—entering;
tamisram—hellish life; punah—again; punah—again; carvita—things
already chewed; carvandnam—who are chewing.
