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TEXTS 4344
prahradasyanucaritam
maha-bhagavatasya ca
bhaktir jnanam viraktis ca
yatharthyam casya vai hareh
sarga-sthity-apyayesasya
guna-karmanuvarnanam
paravaresam sthananam
kalena vyatyayo mahan
SYNONYMS
prahradasyaof Prahlada Maharaja; anucaritamcharacteristics (understood by reading or describing his activities); maha-bhagavatasyaof the great and exalted devotee; caalso; bhaktihdevotional service unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead; jnanamcomplete knowledge of the Transcendence (Brahman, Paramatma and Bhagavan); viraktihrenunciation of material existence; caalso; yatharthyamjust to understand each of them perfectly; caand; asyaof this; vaiindeed; harehalways in reference to the Supreme Personality of Godhead; sargaof creation; sthitimaintenance; apyayaand annihilation; isasyaof the master (the Supreme Personality of Godhead); gunaof the transcendental qualities and opulences; karmaand activities; anuvarnanamdescription within the disciplic succession; para-avaresamof different types of living entities known as demigods and demons; sthananamof the various planets or places to live; kalenain due course of time; vyatyayahthe annihilation of everything; mahanalthough very great.
TRANSLATION
This narration describes the characteristics of the great and exalted devotee Prahlada Maharaja, his staunch devotional service, his perfect knowledge, and his perfect detachment from material contamination. It also describes the Supreme Personality of Godhead as the cause of creation, maintenance and annihilation. Prahlada Maharaja, in his prayers, has described the transcendental qualities of the Lord and has also described how the various abodes of the demigods and demons, regardless of how materially opulent, are destroyed by the mere direction of the Lord.
PURPORT
Srimad-Bhagavatam is filled with descriptions of the characteristics of various devotees, with reference to the service of the Lord. This Vedic literature is called Bhagavatam because it deals with the Supreme Personality of Godhead and His devotee. By studying Srimad-Bhagavatam under the direction of the bona fide spiritual master, one can perfectly understand the science of Krsna, the nature of the material and spiritual worlds, and the aim of life. Srimad-Bhagavatam amalam puranam. Srimad-Bhagavatam is the spotless Vedic literature, as we have discussed in the beginning of Srimad-Bhagavatam. Therefore, simply by understanding Srimad-Bhagavatam, one can understand the science of the activities of the devotees, the activities of the demons, the permanent abode and the temporary abode. Through Srimad-Bhagavatam, everything is perfectly known.
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