Text 11] Prahlada, the Best Among Exalted Devotees 295
$ri-bhagavan uvdaca
naikantino me mayi jatv ihasisa
Gsdsate ’mutra ca ye bhavad-vidhah
tathapi manvantaram etad atra
daityesvaranam anubhunksva bhogan

$ri-bhagavan uvaca—the Supreme Personality of Godhead said; na—
not; ekdntinah—unalloyed, without desires except for the one desire for
devotional service; me—from Me; mayi—unto Me; jatu—any time;
iha—within this material world; asisah—benedictions; asasate—intent
desire; amutra—in the next life; ca—and; ye—all such devotees who;
bhavat-vidhéh—like you; tathapi—still; manvantaram—the duration
of time until the end of the life of one Manu; etat—this; atra—within
this material world; daitya-isvaranadm—of the opulences of materialistic
persons; anubhuriksva—you can enjoy; bhogan—all material opulences.

TRANSLATION

The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: My dear Prahlada, a
devotee like you never desires any kind of material opulences,
either in this life or in the next. Nonetheless, I order you to enjoy
the opulences of the demons in this material world, acting as their
king until the end of the duration of time occupied by Manu.

PURPORT

One Manu lives for a duration of time calculated to be an aggregate of
seventy-one yuga cycles, each of which equals 4,300,000 years. Al-
though atheistic men like to enjoy material opulences and they endeavor
with great energy to build big residences, roads, cities and factories, un-
fortunately they cannot live more than eighty, ninety or at the utmost
one hundred years. Although the materialist exerts so much energy to
create a kingdom of hallucinations, he is unable to enjoy it for more than
a few years. However, because Prahlada Maharaja was a devotee, the
Lord allowed him to enjoy material opulence as the king of the ma-
terialists. Prahlada Maharaja had taken birth in the family of
Hiranyakasipu, who was the topmost materialist, and since Prahlada was
the bona fide heir of his father, the Supreme Lord allowed him to enjoy
