Text 38] What Prahlada Learned in the Womb 93

the hearts of all living entities. Indeed, He is the well-wisher and
friend of all living entities, and there is no difficulty in worshiping
the Lord. Why, then, should people not engage in His devotional
service? Why are they so addicted to unnecessarily producing ar-
tificial paraphernalia for sense gratification?

PURPORT

Because the Personality of Godhead is supreme, no one is equal to
Him, and no one is greater than Him. Nonetheless, if one is a devotee of
the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the Lord is easily obtainable. The
Lord is compared to the sky because the sky is vast yet within the reach
of all, not only of human beings but even of the animals. The Supreme
Lord, in His Paramatma feature, exists as the best well-wisher and
friend. As confirmed in the Vedas, sayujau sakhayau. The Lord, in His
Supersoul feature, always stays in the heart along with the living entity.
The Lord is so friendly to the living entity that He remains within the
heart so that one can always contact Him without difficulty. One can do
this simply by devotional service (sravanam kirtanam visnoh smaranam
pdda-sevanam). As soon as one hears of the Supreme Personality of God-
head (krsna-kirtana), one immediately comes in touch with the Lord. A
devotee immediately comes in touch with the Lord by any or all of the
items of devotional service:

Sravanam kirtanam visnoh
smaranam pdda-sevanam

arcanam vandanam dasyam
sakhyam atma-nivedanam

Therefore there is no difficulty in coming in contact with the Supreme
Lord (ko ’ti-praydsah). On the other hand, going to hell requires great
endeavor. If one wants to go to hell by illicit sex, meat-eating, gambling
and intoxication, he must acquire so many things. For illicit sex he must
arrange for money for brothels, for meat-eating he must arrange for
many slaughterhouses, for gambling he must arrange for casinos and
hotels, and for intoxication he must open many breweries. Clearly,
therefore, if one wants to go to hell he must endeavor very much, but if
he wants to return home, back to Godhead, there is no difficult endeavor.
