SRIMAD BHAGAVATAM - Prabhupada

Text 27] Prahlada, the Saintly Son of Hirm:tyaka8ipu 263ing shelter of; asatd-most mischievous; asdram-nonsense;grahita-taught; oola-the boy; mam-me; aruidrtya-not caringfor; durmate-0 foolish teacher.TRANSLATION0 unqualified, most heinous son of a brahmai_Ul, you have disobeyedmy order and taken shelter of the party of my enemies.You have taught this poor boy about devotional service! What isthis nonsense?PURPORTIn this verse the word asaram, meaning, "having no substance," issignificant. For a demon there is no substance in the process of devotionalservice, but to a devotee devotional service is the only essentialfactor in life. Since HiraQ.yakasipu did not like devotional service, theessence of life, he chastised Prahlada Maharaja's teachers with harshwords.TEXT 276 HU1:fcit ifi il;nFfur: I ... atj m Uti: qadMilfqq 11\911santi hy asadhavo Jokedurmaitras chadma-vesir:uzteam udety agham kaleroga patakinam ivasanti-are; hi-indeed; asadhava-dishonest persons; loke-withinthis world; durmaitrd-cheating friends; chadma-vesir;uz-wearingfalse garbs; team-of all of them; udeti-arises; agham-the reactionof sinful life; kale...:..in due course of time; roga-disease;patakinam-of sinful men; iva-like.TRANSLATIONIn due course of time, various types of diseases are manifest inthose who are sinful. Similarly, in this world there are many