SRIMAD BHAGAVATAM - Prabhupada

Text 55] Prahlada, the Saintly Son of Hir8J,lyaka8ipu 291his friends of the same age; balakaib.-boys; tatra-there; sa(t.-he(Prahlada Maharaja); apahata(t.-called; krta-ai(t.-obtaining anopportune moment.TRANSLATIONWhen the teachers went home to attend to their householdaffairs, the students of the same age as Prahlada Maharaja wouldcall him to take the opportunity of leisure hours for play.PURPORTIn tiffin hours, the hours when the teachers were absent from theclassroom, the students called Prahlada Maharaja, wanting to play withhim. _AB will be seen from the following verses, however, PrahladaMaharaja was not very much interested in playing. Instead, he wanted toutilize every moment for advancing in l(rQa consciousness. Therefore,as indicated in this verse by the word krta-ai(t., at the opportunemoment when it was possible to preach about l(rQa consciOusness,Prahlada Maharaja used the time as follows.TEXT 553N T SJT{q if\:l: I:q- f!f rot smrl' 11atha tan slaya vdcapratyahuya maha-budha(t.uvaca vidvams tan-nthamkrpaya prahasann ivaatha-then; tan-the class friends; slaya-with very pleasing;vdcd-speech; pratyahuya-addressing; maha-budha(t.-PrahladaMaharaja, who was highly learned and advanced in spiritual consciousness(maha means "great," and budha means "learned"); uooca-said;vidvan-very learned; tat-ntham-the path of God realization;krpaya-being merciful; prahasan-smiling; iva-like.TRANSLATIONPrahlida Maharaja, who was truly the supreme learned person,then addressed his class friends in very sweet language. Smiling,