PLATE THREE

Wanting his son Prahlada to be trained as a ruthless diplomatic ruler,
King Hiranyakasipu sent him to school along with the sons of other
demons. Prahlada’s teachers tried systematically and unceasingly to
teach him about politics, economic development, sense gratification and
other mundane topics, but the great devotee Prahlada did not like such
instructions, for they were based on the duality of worldly affairs.
Whenever the teachers went home to attend to their household affairs,
Prahlada Maharaja, who was the supremely learned person, would very
kindly teach his class friends about the uselessness of the materialistic
way of life. He explained the transcendental science of knowing the
Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna, and requested his friends to
engage in the Lord’s devotional service, especially by chanting His holy
names. All the sons of the demons appreciated Prahlada’s transcendental
instructions and took them very seriously. They rejected the materialistic
instructions given by their teachers. (pp. 1-119)
