282 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 7, Ch. 10

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Sri-prahrada uvaca
ma mam pralobhayotpattya
saktam kamesu tair varaih
tat-saniga-bhito nirvinno
mumuksus tuém updsritah

$ri-prahradah uvaéca—Prahlada Maharaja said (to the Supreme Per-
sonality of Godhead); maé—please do not; mém—me; pralobhaya—
allure; utpattya—because of my birth (in a demoniac family); saktam—
(I am already) attached; kamesu—to material enjoyment; taih—by all
those; varaih—benedictions of material possessions; tat-sariga-bhitah —
being afraid of such material association; nirvinnah—completely
detached from material desires; mumuksuh—desiring to be liberated
from material conditions of life; ta@m—unto Your lotus feet;
updsritah—I have taken shelter.

TRANSLATION

Prahlada Maharaja said: My dear Lord, O Supreme Personality
of Godhead, because I was born in an atheistic family I am
naturally attached to material enjoyment. Therefore, kindly do not
tempt me with these illusions. I am very much afraid of material
conditions, and I desire to be liberated from materialistic life. It is
for this reason that I have taken shelter of Your lotus feet.

PURPORT

Materialistic life means attachment to the body and everything in rela-
tionship to the body. This attachment is based on lusty desires for sense
gratification, specifically sexual enjoyment. Ka@mais tais tair hrta-
Jfidnah: when one is too attached to material enjoyment, he is bereft of
all knowledge (hrta-jdnah). As stated in Bhagavad-gita, those who are

attached to material enjoyment are mostly inclined to worship the
