Text 17] Prahlada, the Best Among Exalted Devotees 301

in logically supporting that anyone who chants about the pure life and
activities of Prahlada Maharaja is freed from the reactions of material ac-
tivities.
TEXTS 15-17
NETE TATA
Xe IT Taq F aaMeAeAz |
aafaag fin a aaateda RATT N24
FraTATTa: AST AIAATS THT |
argefa aireteetah APY ATIATY 124
THA AT TT TANS FAUT AG |
TRASTHACLA =—|_- SWAT 12011

Sri-prahrada uvdca
varam varaya etat te
varadesan mahesvara
yad anindat pita me
tvam avidvams teja aisvaram

viddhamarsdsayah saksat
sarva-loka-gurum prabhum

bhratr-heti mrsa-drstis
tvad-bhakte mayi caghavan

tasmat pila me piiyeta
durantad dustarad aghat

piitas te *pdriga-sardrstas
tada krpana-vatsala

Sri-prahradah uvaca—Prahlada Maharaja said; varam—benediction;
varaye—| pray; etat—this; te—from You; varada-isat—the Supreme
Personality of Godhead, who offers benedictions even to such exalted
demigods as Brahma and Siva; mahd-isvara—O my Supreme Lord;
yat—that; anindat—vilified; pita—father; me—my; tvim—You; avid-
van—without knowledge of; tejah—strength; aisvaram—supremacy;
