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fat, and therefore Prahlada Maharaja was very much surprised. Because
of being experienced in self-realization, a transcendentalist certainly be-
comes bright-faced. And one who is advanced in self-realization must be
considered to possess the body of a brahmana. Because the bright-faced
saintly person was lying down and not working and yet was quite fat,
Prahlada Maharaja was puzzled and wanted to question him about this.
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HEA Fa: FH IS aah wT ULI
kavih kalpo nipuna-drk
citra-priya-kathah samah
lokasya kurvatah karma
Sese tad-viksitapi va

kavih—very learned; kalpah—expert; nipuna-drk—intelligent;
citra-priya-kathah—able to speak palatable words that are pleasing to
the heart; samah—equipoised; lokasya—of the people in general;
kurvatah—engaged in; karma—fruitive work; sese—you lie down; tat-
viksita—seeing them all; api—although; vd—either.

TRANSLATION

Your Honor appears learned, expert and intelligent in every
way. You can speak very well, saying things that are pleasing to the
heart. You see that people in general are engaged in fruitive ac-
tivities, yet you are lying here inactive.

PURPORT

Prahlada Maharaja studied the bodily features of the saintly person,
and through the saint’s physiognomy Prahlada Maharaja could under-
stand that he was intelligent and expert, although he was lying down and
not doing anything. Prahlada was naturally inquisitive about why he was
lying there inactive.
