Text 35] What Prahlada Learned in the Womb 87

TEXT 35

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yada graha-grasta iva kvacid dhasaty
Gkrandate dhyayati vandate janam

muhuh svasan vakti hare jagat-pate
nadrayanety Gtma-matir gata-trapah

yadé—when; graha-grastah—haunted by a ghost; iva—like;
kvacit—sometimes; hasati—laughs; dkrandate—cries loudly (remem-
bering the transcendental qualities of the Lord); dhyayati—meditates;
vandate—offers respects; janam—to all living entities (thinking all of
them to be engaged in the service of the Lord); muhuh—constantly;
Svasan—breathing heavily; vakti—he speaks; hare—O my Lord; jagat-
pate—O master of the whole world; néréyana—O Lord Narayana; iti—
thus; dtma-matih—fully absorbed in thoughts of the Supreme Lord;
gata-trapah—without shame.

TRANSLATION

When a devotee becomes like a person haunted by a ghost, he
laughs and very loudly chants about the qualities of the Lord.
Sometimes he sits to perform meditation, and he offers respects to
every living entity, considering him a devotee of the Lord. Con-
stantly breathing very heavily, he becomes careless of social eti-
quette and loudly chants like a madman, “Hare Krsna, Hare
Krsna! O my Lord, O master of the universe!”

PURPORT

When one chants the holy name of the Lord in ecstasy, not caring for
outward social conventions, it is to be understood that he is adtma-mati.
In other words, his consciousness is turned toward the Supreme Per-

sonality of Godhead.
