200 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 7, Ch. 9
ignorance to enter the material world may be purified of material
life if he offers prayers to the Lord and hears the Lord’s glories.
PURPORT
It is clearly understood that a devotee does not need to be born in a
very high family, to be rich, to be aristocratic or to be very beautiful.
None of these qualifications will engage one in devotional service. With
devotion one should feel, ““God is great, and I am very small. Therefore
my duty is to offer my prayers to the Lord.” Only on this basis can one
understand and render service to the Lord. As the Lord says in
Bhagavad-gita (18.55):
bhaktya mam abhijanati
yavan yas casmi tattvatah
tato mam tattvato jridtva
visate tad-anantaram
“One can understand the Supreme Personality as He is only by devo-
tional service. And when one is in full consciousness of the Supreme
Lord by such devotion, he can enter into the kingdom of God.”’ Thus
Prahlada Maharaja decided to offer his best prayers to the Lord, without
consideration of his material position.
TEXT 13
ad ent fafterena aera
MAGA TATA F AfETa |
JAM WIT TAMIA TWA
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sarve hy ami vidhi-kards tava sattva-dhamno
brahmddayo vayam ivesa na codvijantah
ksemaya bhittaya utatma-sukhaya cdsya
vikriditarh bhagavato rucirdvataraih
sarve—all; hi—certainly; ami—these; vidhi-karah—executors of or-
ders; tava—Your; sattva-dhamnah—being always situated in the tran-
