Text 8] Prahlada, the Best Among Exalted Devotees 291

You, I pray that within the core of my heart there may be no material
desires.” The desire to serve the Supreme Personality of Godhead is not
at all material.

TEXT 8

gfexartar aa: sm sre TAT efaafa:
Gl: sftedar: wala: aed we aafea ToT IIc II

indriyani manah prana
atma dharmo dhrtir matih

hrih Sris tejah smrtih satyam
yasya nasyanti janmana

indriyani—the senses; manah—the mind; prdnah—the life air;
Gtma—the body; dharmah—religion; dhrtih—patience; matih—intelli-
gence; hrih—shyness; srih—opulence; tejah—strength; smrtih—
memory; satyam—truthfulness; yasya—of which lusty desires;
nasyanti—are vanquished; janmana—from the very beginning of birth.

TRANSLATION

O my Lord, because of lusty desires from the very beginning of
one’s birth, the functions of one’s senses, mind, life, body,
religion, patience, intelligence, shyness, opulence, strength,
memory and truthfulness are vanquished.

PURPORT
As stated in Srimad-Bhagavatam, kamarn hrd-rogam. Materialistic

life means that one is afflicted by a formidable disease called lusty desire.
Liberation means freedom from lusty desires because it is only due to
such desires that one must accept repeated birth and death. As long as
one’s lusty desires are unfulfilled, one must take birth after birth to
fulfill them. Because of material desires, therefore, one performs various
types of activities and receives various types of bodies with which to try
to fulfill desires that are never satisfied. The only remedy is to take to
devotional service, which begins when one is free from all material
desires. Anydbhildsita-stinyam. Anya-abhildsitaé means “material
