Text 24] Prahlada Instructs His Demoniac Schoolmates 31
contact with a pure devotee and is intelligent enough to take instructions
from the pure devotee regarding the process of devotional service, he can
understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the origin of Brahman
and Paramatma, without difficulty. In this regard, Srila Madhvacarya
says:
antaryami pratyag-atma
vyaptah kalo harih smrtah
prakrtya tamasdvrtatvat
harer aisvaryam na jnayate
The Lord is present as antaryami in everyone’s heart and is visible in the
individual soul covered by a body. Indeed, He is everywhere at every
time and every condition, but because He is covered by the curtain of
material energy, to an ordinary person there appears to be no God.
TEXT 24
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TAMA AY AIT Tat HoT AMET |
WAR TGT FA TAT TNAA: URI
tasmat sarvesu bhitesu
dayam kuruta sauhrdam
bhavam asuram unmucya
yaya tusyaty adhoksajah
tasmat—therefore; sarvesu—to all; bhiitesu—living entities;
dayam—mercy; kuruta—show; sauhrdam—friendliness; bhavam—the
attitude; Gsuram—of the demons (who separate friends and enemies);
unmucya—giving up; yayd—by which; tusyati—is satisfied;
adhoksajah—the Supreme Lord, who is beyond the perception of the
senses.
TRANSLATION
Therefore, my dear young friends born of demons, please act in
such a way that the Supreme Lord, who is beyond the conception
of material knowledge, will be satisfied. Give up your demoniac
