SRIMAD BHAGAVATAM - Prabhupada

204 Srimad-Bhigavatam (Canto 7, Ch. 4heart. It is sometimes said that when one is influenced by evil stars likeSaturn, Rahu or Ketu, he cannot make advancement in any prospectiveactivity. In just the opposite way, Prahlada Maharaja was influenced byQ.a, the supreme planet, and thus he could not think of the materialworld and live without Q.a consciousness. That is the sign of a mahiibhagavata.Even if one is an enemy of Q.a, a mahii-bhagavata seeshim to be also engaged in Qa's service. Another crude example is thateverything appears yellow to the jaundiced eye. Similarly, to a mahiibhagavata,everyone but himself appears to be engaged in Qa'sservice.Prahlada Maharaja is the approved mahii-bhagavata, the supreme devotee.In the previous verse it was stated that he had natural attachment(naisargik;; ratiM. The symptoms of such natural attachment for Qaare described in this verse. Although Prahlada Maharaja was only a boy,he had no interest in playing. As stated in Sri:mad-Bhagavatam(11.2.42), viraktir anyatra ca: the symptom of perfect Q.a consciousnessis that one loses interest in all material activities. For a small boy togive up playing is impossible, but Prahlada Maharaja, being situated infirst-class devotional service, was always absorbed in a trance of Qaconsciousness. Just as a materialistic person is always absorbed inthoughts of material gain, a mahii-bhagavata like Prahlada Maharaja isalways absorbed in thoughts of Qa.TEXT 3831tm: 't?lif.: I QT tiffij-: 1111iisi:nab. parya!ann a§nansayanab, prapiban bruvanndnusandhatta etdnigovinda-parirambhitab.iisi:nab,-while sitting; parya!an-while walking; a§nan-while eating;sayanab,-while lying down; prapiban-while drinking; bruvanwhiletalking; na-not; anusandhatte-knew; etdni-all these ac-