Text 53] Prahlada, the Saintly Son of Hiranyakasipu 289
follow a process of religion to advance, and on the basis of religion one
should try to develop his economic condition so that he can fulfill his
needs for sense gratification according to the religious rules and regula-
tions. Then liberation from material bondage will be easier to attain.
That is the Vedic process. When one is above the stages of dharma,
artha, kama and moksa, one becomes a devotee. He is then on the plat-
form from which he is guaranteed not to fall again to material existence
(yad gatva na nivartante). As advised in Bhagavad-gita if one tran-
scends these four processes and is actually liberated, one engages in
devotional service. Then he is guaranteed not to fall to material existence
again.
TEXT 53
am frat get safafary |
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yatha tri-vargam gurubhir
atmane upasiksitam
na sddhu mene tac-chiksam
dvandvardmopavarnitam

yathad—as; tri-vargam—the three processes (religion, economic
development and sense gratification); gurubhih—by the teachers;
Gtmane—unto himself (Prahlada Maharaja) ; upasiksitam—instructed;
na—not; sddhu—really good; mene—he considered; tat-siksam—the
education in that; dvandva-Grdma—by persons taking pleasure in
duality (in material enmity and friendship); upavarnitam—which is
prescribed.

TRANSLATION

The teachers Sanda and Amarka instructed Prahlada Maharaja in
the three kinds of material advancement called religion, economic
development and sense gratification. Prahlada, however, being
situated above such instructions, did not like them, for such in-
structions are based on the duality of worldly affairs, which in-
volve one in a materialistic way of life marked by birth, death, old
age and disease.
