Text 40] Prahlada Pacifies the Lord with Prayers 251
harer nama harer nama
harer namaiva kevalam
kalau nasty eva nasty eva
nasty eva gatir anyatha
To cleanse the heart so that one may become sober and wise in this age of
Kali, there is no value to any method other than the chanting of the Hare
Krsna mahda-mantra. Prahlada Maharaja has confirmed this process in
previous verses. Tvad-virya-gayana-mahdmrta-magna-cittah. Prahlada
further confirms that if one’s mind is always absorbed in thought of
Krsna, that very qualification will purify one and keep one purified al-
ways. To understand the Lord and His activities, one must free his mind
from all contamination of the material world, and this one can achieve by
simply chanting the Lord’s holy name. Thus one becomes free from all
material bondage.
TEXT 40
a 68 ¢
frenaiseaa frente afaza
Rratisenaeaat savi gah |
AUNSHTAAITTAR HT BAN h-
Ly
TRU ATTA Ae sated voll
jihvaikato ’cyuta vikarsati mévitrpta
Signo “nyatas tvag-udaram sravanam kutascit
ghrano ’nyatas capala-drk kva ca karma-saktir
bahvyah sapatnya iva geha-patim lunanti
jihva—the tongue; ekatah—to one side; acyuta—O my infallible
Lord; vikarsati—attracts; ma—me; avitrpta—not being satisfied;
sisnah—the genitals; anyatah—to another side; tvak—the skin (for
touching a soft thing); udaram—the belly (for various types of food);
Sravanam—the ear (for hearing some sweet music); kutascit—to some
other side; ghranah—the nose (for smelling); anyatah—to still another
side; capala-drk—the restless eyesight; kva ca—somewhere; karma-
Saktih—the active senses; bahvyah—many; sa-patnyah—co-wives;
iva—like; geha-patim—a householder; /unanti—annihilate.
