Text 13] The Behavior of a Perfect Person 97

TRANSLATION

As a historical example of this, learned sages recite the story of
an ancient discussion between Prahlada Maharaja and a great
saintly person who was feeding himself like a python.

PURPORT

The saintly person met by Prahlada Maharaja was undergoing
Gjagara-vrtti, the living conditions of a python, which does not go any-
where but sits in one place for years and eats whatever is automatically
available. Prahlada Maharaja, along with his associates, met this great
saint and spoke to him as follows.

TEXTS 12-13
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HASTA ITISAT
aad slanera stare |
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tam Ssayanam dharopasthe
kadveryam sahya-sdnuni
rajas-valais tanii-desair

nigidhamala-tejasam

dadarsa lokan vicaran
loka-tattva-vivitsaya

urto ’matyaih katipayaih
prahrdado bhagavat-priyah

tam—that (saintly person); Sayanam—lying down; dhard-upasthe—
on the ground; kaveryam—on the bank of the River Kaveri; sahya-
sdnuni—on a ridge of the mountain known as Sahya; rajah-valaih—
covered with dust and dirt; tanii-desaih—with all the parts of the body;
nigidha—very grave and deep; amala—spotless; tejasam—whose
