SRIMAD BHAGAVATAM - Prabhupada

202 Srimad-Bhigavatam [Canto 7, Ch. 4devotional service. Although his good qualities cannot be enumerated,they prove that he was a great soul [mahatma].PURPORTIn his prayers to the ten incarnations, Jayadeva Gosvami says, kesavadhrta-narahari-rilpa jaya jagad-iSa hare. Prahlada Maharaja was a devoteeof Lord N:rsirhha, who is Kesava, Kr1.1a Himself. Therefore whenthis verse says vasudeve bhagavati, one should understand that PrahladaMaharaja's attachment for N:rsirhhadeva was attachment for KrQa,Vasudeva, the son of Vasudeva. Prahlada Maharaja, therefore, is describedas a great mahatma. As the Lord Himself confirms in Bhagavadgita(7.19):bahii.niim janmandm antejnanavan mam prapadyatevasudeva sarvam itisa mahatma sudurlabha"After many births and deaths, he who is actually in knowledge surrendersunto Me, knowing Me to be the cause of all causes and all that is.Such a great soul is very rare." A great devotee of KrQa, the son ofVasudeva, is a great soul very rarely to be found. Prahlada Maharaja'sattachment for Kr1.1a will be explained in the next verse. Krr.w-grahagrhitatma.Prahlada Maharaja's heart was always filled with thoughts ofKrQa. Therefore Prahlada Maharaja is the ideal devotee in Kr1.1aconsciOusness.TEXT 37)!') ifTif Ci4 ttfltilqt I WI tf{R 1111nyasta-kriljanalro balojcu;lavat tan-manastayakr.w-graha-grhitatmana veda jagad idrsamnyasta-having given up; krf4anaka-all sportive activities or tendenciesfor childhood play; oola-a boy; jcu;la -vat -as if dull, without