Text 27] Prahlada Instructs His Demoniac Schoolmates 37
are not to be discounted; they are means of being promoted to the spiri-
tual platform. But if one does not come to the spiritual platform, the
Vedic ceremonies are simply a waste of time. This is confirmed in
Srimad-Bhagavatam (1.2.8):
dharmah svanusthitah pumsam
visvaksena-kathdsu yah
notpddayed yadi ratirn
Srama eva hi kevalam
“Duties [dharma] executed by men, regardless of occupation, are only so
much useless labor if they do not provoke attraction for the message of
the Supreme Lord.” If one very strictly performs the various duties of
religion but does not ultimately come to the platform of surrendering to
the Supreme Lord, his methods of attaining salvation or elevation are
simply a waste of time and energy.
TEXT 27
WT Ada Fae
ANTIT ATTA: fas ATT |
Tafedal AAT aaa
Tea BAaleat AMT lla il
Jfidnam tad etad amalam duravépam aha
narayano nara-sakhah kila ndradaéya
ekantinam bhagavatas tad akificananamn
padaravinda-rajasdpluta-dehinam syat
jiadnam—knowledge; tat—that; etat—this; amalam—without ma-
terial contamination; duravaépam—very difficult to understand (without
the mercy of a devotee); dha—explained; nadréyanah—Lord Narayana,
the Supreme Personality of Godhead; nara-sakhah—the friend of all
living entities (especially human beings); kila—certainly; naradéya—
unto the great sage Narada; ekantinam—of those who have surrendered
exclusively to the Supreme Personality of Godhead; bhagavatah—
of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; tat—that (knowledge);
