Text 55] Prahlada, the Saintly Son of Hiranyakasipu 291
his friends of the same age; bdlakaih—boys; tatra—there; sah—he
(Prahlada Maharaja); apahdtah—called; krta-ksanaih—obtaining an
opportune moment.
TRANSLATION

When the teachers went home to attend to their household
affairs, the students of the same age as Prahlada Maharaja would
call him to take the opportunity of leisure hours for play.

PURPORT

In tiffin hours, the hours when the teachers were absent from the
classroom, the students called Prahlada Maharaja, wanting to play with
him. As will be seen from the following verses, however, Prahlada
Maharaja was not very much interested in playing. Instead, he wanted to
utilize every moment for advancing in Krsna consciousness. Therefore,
as indicated in this verse by the word krta-ksanaih, at the opportune
moment when it was possible to preach about Krsna consciousness,
Prahlada Maharaja used the time as follows.

TEXT 55
AA TA STAT ATA AAT ATTA: |
va fratafast erat seater iui
atha tan slaksnaya vaca
pratyahiiya mahé-budhah
uvaca vidvarns tan-nistharn
krpaya prahasann iva

atha—then; tan—the class friends; slaksnaya—with very pleasing;
vadcd—speech; pratydhiiya—addressing; mahd-budhah—Prahlada
Maharaja, who was highly learned and advanced in spiritual conscious-
ness (maha means “great,” and budha means “learned’’); uvdca—said;
vidvan—very learned; tat-nistham—the path of God realization;
krpaya—being merciful; prahasan—smiling; iva—like.

TRANSLATION

Prahlada Maharaja, who was truly the supreme learned person,

then addressed his class friends in very sweet language. Smiling,
