Text 46] Prahlada, the Best Among Exalted Devotees 327
asmin—this; samamndtam—is perfectly described; ddhyatmikam—
transcendence; aSsesatah—without reservations.
TRANSLATION
The principles of religion by which one can actually understand
the Supreme Personality of Godhead are called bhagavata-dharma.
In this narration, therefore, which deals with these principles, ac-
tual transcendence is properly described.
PURPORT
Through the principles of religion, one can understand the Supreme
Personality of Godhead, Brahman (the impersonal feature of the
Supreme Lord) and Paramatma (the localized aspect of the Lord). When
one is well conversant with all these principles, he becomes a devotee and
performs bhagavata-dharma. Prahlada Maharaja, the spiritual master in
the line of disciplic succession, advised that this bhagavata-dharma be
instructed to students from the very beginning of their education
(kauméra dcaret prajnio dharman bhagavatan iha). To understand the
science of the Supreme Personality of Godhead is the real purpose of
education. Sravanam kirtanam visnoh. One must simply hear about and
describe Lord Visnu and His various incarnations. This narration con-
cerning Prahlada Maharaja and Lord Nrsirnhadeva, therefore, has prop-
erly described spiritual, transcendental subjects.
TEXT 46
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BACT AAT WATT ETT eal
’ ya etat punyam akhydnam
visnor viryopabrmhitam
kirtayec chraddhaya srutva
karma-pdsair vimucyate
yah—anyone who; etat—this; punyam—pious; a@khyanam—narra-
tion; visnoh—of Lord Visnu; virya—the supreme power;
