Text 2] The Lord Slays the King of the Demons 119

sarve—all; Srutvé—hearing; tat—by him (Prahlada); anuvarnitam—
the statements about devotional life; jagrhuh—accepted;
niravadyatvat —due to the supreme utility of that instruction; na—not;
eva—indeed; guru-anusiksitam—that which was taught by their
teachers.

TRANSLATION

Narada Muni continued: All the sons of the demons appreciated
the transcendental instructions of Prahlada Maharaja and took
them very seriously. They rejected the materialistic instructions
given by their teachers, Sanda and Amarka.

PURPORT

This is the effect of the preaching of a pure devotee like Prahlada
Maharaja. If a devotee is qualified, sincere and serious about Krsna con-
sciousness and if he follows the instructions of a bona fide spiritual
master, as Prahlada Maharaja did when preaching the instructions he
had received from Narada Muni, his preaching is effective. As it is said
in the Srimad-Bhagavatam (3.25.25):

salam prasangdn mama virya-samvido
bhavanti hrt-karna-rasdyanah kathah

If one tries to understand the discourses given by the sat, or pure devo-
tees, those instructions will be very pleasing to the ear and appealing to
the heart. Thus if one is inspired to take to Krsna consciousness and if
one practices the process in his life, he is surely successful in returning
home, back to Godhead. By the grace of Prahlada Maharaja, all his class
friends, the sons of the demons, became Vaisnavas. They did not like
hearing from their so-called teachers Sanda and Amarka, who were in-
terested only in teaching them about diplomacy, politics, economic
development and similar topics meant exclusively for sense gratification.

TEXT 2

AMMA separaaaany |
MET Macahal Wa MATZ TAT | 2 II
