Text 11] Prahlada Pacifies the Lord with Prayers 197
how Americans and Europeans, because of their full Krsna conscious-
ness, have purified their whole families, so much so that a mother of a
devotee, at the time of her death, inquired about Krsna with her last
breath. Therefore it is theoretically true and has been practically proven
that a devotee can give the best service to his family, his community, his
society and his nation. The foolish accuse a devotee of following the prin-
ciple of escapism, but actually the fact is that a devotee is the right per-
son to elevate his family. A devotee engages everything in the service of
the Lord, and therefore he is always exalted.
TEXT 11
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aareat Tae Poaonrut
AM HARITT: BEM Tg |
TE aa aad fAgita A
TAH HATA TA FAA: 18 RU
naivatmanah prabhur ayam nija-labha-piirno
mdnam jandd avidusah karuno vrnite
yad yaj jano bhagavate vidadhita manam
tac cdtmane prati-mukhasya yatha mukha-srih
na—nor; eva—certainly; atmanah—for His personal benefit;
prabhuh—Lord; ayam—this; nija-labha-piirnah—is always satisfied in
Himself (He does not need to be satisfied by the service of others);
manam—respect; janat—from a person; avidusah—who does not know
that the aim of life is to please the Supreme Lord; karunah—(the
Supreme Personality of Godhead), who is so kind to this foolish, ignorant
person; vrnite—accepts; yat yat—whatever; janah—a person;
bhagavate—unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead; vidadhita—may
offer; manam—worship; tat—that; ca—indeed; atmane—for his own
benefit; prati-mukhasya—of the reflection of the face in the mirror;
yatha—just as; mukha-srih—the decoration of the face.
TRANSLATION
The Supreme Lord, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is al-

ways fully satisfied in Himself. Therefore when something is
