Text 11] What Prahlada Learned in the Womb 49

TEXT 11
rane ferent ata: |
sara Teer Rr TAT 221

ity uktas tam vihdyendro
devarser manayan vacah

ananta-priya-bhaktyainam
parikramya divam yayau

iti—thus; uktah—addressed; tédm—her; vihdya—releasing;
indrah—the King of heaven; deva-rseh—of the saint Narada Muni;
manayan—honoring; vacah—the words; ananta-priya—for one who is
very dear to the Supreme Personality of Godhead; bhaktya—by devo-
tion; en@dm—this (woman); parikramya—circumambulating; divam—
to the heavenly planets; yayau—returned.

TRANSLATION

When the great saint Narada Muni had thus spoken, King Indra,
being respectful to Narada’s words, immediately released my
mother. Because of my being a devotee of the Lord, all the
demigods circumambulated her. Then they returned to their
celestial kingdom.

PURPORT

Although King Indra and the other demigods are exalted personalities,
they were so obedient to Narada Muni that King Indra immediately ac-
cepted Narada Muni’s words concerning Prahlada Maharaja. This is
called understanding by the parampard system. Indra and the demigods
did not know that a great devotee was in the womb of Kayadhu, the wife
of Hiranyakasipu, but they accepted the authoritative statements of
Narada Muni and immediately offered their respects to the devotee by
circumambulating the woman in whose womb he was living. To under-
stand God and the devotee by the parampard system is the process of
knowledge. There is no need to speculate about God and His devotee. One
should accept the statements of a bona fide devotee and thus try to
understand.
