Text 24] Prahlada Pacifies the Lord with Prayers 219

have actual experience that even on this planet there have been many
great politicians and military commanders like Napolean, Hitler,
Shubhash Chandra Bose and Gandhi, but as soon as their lives were
finished, their popularity, influence and everything else were finished
also. Prahlada Maharaja formerly gathered the same experience by
seeing the activities of Hiranyakasipu, his great father. Therefore
Prahlada Maharaja did not give any importance to anything in this ma-
terial world. No one can maintain his body or material achievements
forever. A Vaisnava can understand that nothing within this material
world, not even that which is powerful, opulent or influential, can en-
dure. At any time such things may be vanquished. And who can van-
quish them? The Supreme Personality of Godhead. Therefore one should
conclusively understand that no one is greater than the Supreme Great.
Since the Supreme Great demands, sarva-dharman parityajya mam
ekarh Saranam vraja, every intelligent man must agree to this proposal.
One must surrender unto the Lord to be saved from the wheel of
repeated birth, death, old age and disease.

TEXT 24

TMT ALAA TSS
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BOTAATAT At TTATAT RWI

tasmad amis tanu-bhrtam aham Gsiso ‘jna
ayuh Sriyam vibhavam aindriyam avirifcyat

necchami te vilulitan uruvikramena
kalatmanopanaya mam nija-bhrtya-parsvam

tasmat—therefore; amiuh—all those (opulences) ; tanu-bhriam—with
reference to living entities possessing material bodies; aham—I; dsisah
ajnah—knowing well the results of such benedictions; dyuh—a long
duration of life; sriyam—material opulences; vibhavam—influence and
glories; aindriyam—all meant for sense gratification; dvirificyat—
beginning from Lord Brahma (down to the small ant); na—not;
