Text 6] Prahlada Pacifies the Lord with Prayers 189

When Lord Nrsitnhadeva appeared, all the devotees became fearless. The
devotee’s hope of becoming fearless is to chant the holy name of Lord
Nrsitnhadeva. Yato yato yami tato nrsimhah: wherever we go, we must
always think of Lord Nrsirnhadeva. Thus there will be no fear for the de-
votee of the Lord.

TEXT 6

ME OSCE LCI H
ATIUNTHRATTT: |
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TING: = fHaecqataa: i FU

sa tat-kara-sparsa-dhutakhilasubhah
sapady abhivyakta-paratma-darsanah
tat-pada-padmam hrdi nirvrto dadhau

hrsyat-tanuh klinna-hrd-asru-locanah

sah—he (Prahlada Maharaja); tat-kara-sparsa—because of being
touched on the head by the lotus hand of Nrsitnhadeva; dhuta—being
cleansed; akhila—all; asubhah—inauspiciousness or material desires;
sapadi—immediately; abhivyakta —manifested; para-atma-darsanah—
realization of the Supreme Soul (spiritual knowledge); tat-pada-
padmam—Lord Nrsirnhadeva’s lotus feet; Ardi—within the core of the
heart; nirvrtah—full of transcendental bliss; dadhau—captured;
hrsyat-tanuh—having transcendental ecstatic bliss manifested in the
body; klinna-hrt—whose heart was softened due to transcendental
ecstasy; asru-locanah—with tears in his eyes.

TRANSLATION

By the touch of Lord Nrsitmmhadeva’s hand on Prahlada
Maharaja’s head, Prahlada was completely freed of all material con-
taminations and desires, as if he had been thoroughly cleansed.
Therefore he at once became transcendentally situated, and all the
symptoms of ecstasy became manifest in his body. His heart filled
with love, and his eyes with tears, and thus he was able to
