Text 43] Prahlada Pacifies the Lord with Prayers 257

TEXT 43

AEA Te TeTTATTET-

Ula Tat gata exes
ARTS WazEM fyVNrz 1311

naivodvije para duratyaya-vaitaranyds
tvad-virya-gayana-mahamrta-magna-cittah

Soce tato vimukha-cetasa indriyartha-
maya-sukhaya bharam udvahato vimidhan

na—not; eva—certainly; udvije—I am disturbed or afraid; para—O
Supreme; duratyaya—insurmountable or very difficult to cross;
vaitaranyah—of the Vaitarani, the river of the material world; tvat-
virya—of Your Lordship’s glories and activities; géyana—from chant-
ing or distributing; mahd-amrta—in the great ocean of nectarean spiri-
tual bliss; magna-cittah—whose consciousness is absorbed; soce—I am
simply lamenting; tatah—from that; vimukha-cetasah—the fools and
rascals who are bereft of Krsna consciousness; indriya-artha—in sense
gratification; mdayd-sukhdya—for temporary, illusory happiness;
bharam—the false burden or responsibility (of maintaining one’s
family, society and nation and elaborate arrangements for that purpose);
udvahatah—who are lifting (by making grand plans for this arrange-
ment); vimiidhan—although all of them are nothing but fools and ras-
cals (I am thinking of them also).

TRANSLATION

O best of the great personalities, I am not at all afraid of material
existence, for wherever I stay I am fully absorbed in thoughts of
Your glories and activities. My concern is only for the fools and
rascals who are making elaborate plans for material happiness and
maintaining their families, societies and countries. I am simply
concerned with love for them.
