42 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 7, Ch. 7
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Hare Taq
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Ge Baya: Tl ARTISTE: |
TUT TATA: AT ATAATTTT tl &
Sri-ndrada uvaca
evam daitya-sutaih prsto
mahd-bhagavato ’surah
uvdca tan smayaménah
smaran mad-anubhasitam

Sri-ndradah uvaca—the great saint Narada Muni said; evam—thus;
daitya-sutaih—by the sons of the demons; prstah—being questioned;
mahd-bhagavatah —the exalted devotee of the Lord; asurah—born in a
family of demons; uvéca—spoke; tdn—unto them (the sons of the
demons); smayaménah—smiling; smaran—remembering; _mat-
anubhasitam—what was spoken by me.

TRANSLATION

Narada Muni said: Although Prahlada Maharaja was born in a
family of asuras, he was the greatest of all devotees. Having thus
been questioned by his class friends, the sons of the asuras, he
remembered the words spoken to him by me and replied to his
friends as follows.

PURPORT

When he was in the womb of his mother, Prahlada Maharaja listened
to the words of Narada Muni. One cannot imagine how the baby in
embryo could hear Narada, but this is spiritual life; progress in spiritual
life cannot be obstructed by any material condition. This is called
ahaituky apratihatd. Reception of spiritual knowledge is never checked
by any material condition. Thus Prahlada Maharaja, from his very child-
hood, spoke spiritual knowledge to his class friends, and certainly it was
effective, although all of them were children.
