250 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 7, Ch. 9

PURPORT

Here Prahlada Maharaja represents himself as a common man, al-
though he actually has nothing to do with this material world. Prahlada is
always situated in the Vaikuntha planets of the spiritual world, but on
behalf of the fallen souls he asks how, when his mind is always disturbed
by material things, he can discuss the transcendental position of the
Lord. The mind becomes sinful because we are always engaged in sinful
activities. Anything not connected with Krsna consciousness should be
understood to be sinful. Indeed, Krsna demands in Bhagavad-gita
(18.66):

sarva-dharman parityajya
mam ekam saranam vraja

aham tvam sarva-pdpebhyo
moksayisyami ma sucah

“Abandon all varieties of religion and just surrender unto Me. | shall
deliver you from all sinful reaction. Do not fear.” As soon as one surren-
ders unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna, Krsna im-
mediately relieves one of the reactions of sinful activities. Therefore one
who is not surrendered to the lotus feet of the Lord should be understood
to be sinful, foolish, degraded among men and bereft of all real knowl-
edge because of atheistic propensities. This is confirmed in Bhagavad-
gita (7.15):
na mam duskrtino midhah
pradyante narddhamah
mayaydpahrta-jnana
dsuram bhavam 4Gsritah

Therefore, especially in this age of Kali, the mind must be cleansed, and
this is possible only by the chanting of the Hare Krsna mahd-mantra.
Ceto-darpana-marjanam. In this age, the process of chanting the Hare
Krsna mahd-mantra is the only method by which to cleanse the sinful
mind. When the mind is completely cleansed of all sinful reactions, one
can then understand his duty in the human form of life. The Krsna con-
sciousness movement is meant to educate sinful men so that they may be-
come pious simply by chanting the Hare Krsna mahd-mantra.
