710316 - Lecture SB 07.07.10-15 - Bombay

Lectures by Date, 1971

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

710316SB-BOMBAY - March 16, 1971 - 11:39 Minutes

Prabhupāda:

. . . ṣaḥ sākṣān

mahā-bhāgavato mahān

tvayā na prāpsyate saṁsthām

anantānucaro bale

(SB 7.7.10)

(Nārada Muni replied: The child within this woman's womb is faultless and sinless. Indeed, he is a great devotee, a powerful servant of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Therefore you will not be able to kill him.)

So we are discussing Prahlāda Mahārāja when his mother was captured by the demigods and their purpose was to keep Prahlāda's mother under custody till she delivers the child. Because they took the child born of a demon, Hiraṇyakaśipu, would be a greater demon. Therefore just on his birth he should be killed. That was their proposal. In the meantime Nārada said, interfered, "No, no, this is not good." "This woman bears the child who is mahābhāgavata—great devotee." How Nārada Muni knew it that the child was great devotee? Because he personally instructed, practically he was instructing his mother and . . . or he would instruct the child, even within the womb. So transcendental vibration is so powerful that simply by hearing one becomes a great devotee, even if he does not understand. That hearing process, this Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra, we have to give chance to the people, "Come, sit down and hear and you'll be benefited."

Ayaṁ niṣkilbiṣaḥ; Nārada said that, "Do not try to kill this child." He is niṣkilbiṣaḥ—completely free from all sinful reaction; sākṣān mahā-bhāgavato mahān—a great devotee, tvayā na prāpsyate saṁsthām, anantānucaro balī—and it is not possible for you to kill him because he is protected by ananta.

(aside) So you want to go for strolling just now, immediately?

Devotee: . . . (indistinct)

Prabhupāda: Strolling?

Devotee: . . . (indistinct)

Prabhupāda: All right.

tvayā hetu-bhūtena saṁsthāṁ mṛtyuṁ na yāsyati. tatra hetavaḥ, niṣkilbiṣa

(Bhāvārtha-dīpikā, 7.7.10)

You cannot kill him. Why? Because he is pure and he is protected by the Supreme Lord so it is not possible for you to kill him. Kaunteya. Kṛṣṇa also promises:

kaunteya pratijānīhi

na me bhaktaḥ praṇaśyati

(BG 9.31)

Kṛṣṇa declares that, "His devotees would never be vanquished." ity uktas . . .

Ah . . .

anantasya priyo yo ’haṁ

sa vā priyo yasya tasya mama

bhaktyā enāṁ pradakṣiṇī-kṛtya

(Bhāvārtha-dīpikā, 7.7.11)

ity uktas tāṁ vihāyendro

devarṣer mānayan vacaḥ

ananta-priya-bhaktyaināṁ

parikramya divaṁ yayau

(SB 7.7.11)

So instead of dragging Prahlāda's mother to the custody of Indra when they heard from Nārada Muni that the child was a great devotee, immediately Indra released her (his) mother, and fell down and circumambulated, offered respects to the devotee. Ananta-priya-bhaktyaināṁ, parikramya divaṁ yayau. So after circle they went to their respective celestial planets.

tato me mātaram ṛṣiḥ

samānīya nijāśrame

āśvāsyehoṣyatāṁ vatse

yāvat te bhartur āgamaḥ

(SB 7.7.12)

So Prahlāda Mahārāja's mother was released from the hands of Indra and she was brought by Nārada in his āśrama. And he, he gave her encouragement, "My dear child, don't be afraid, till your husband comes back you can remain here peacefully. I shall give you all protection."

Āśvāsyehoṣyatāṁ: he gave her all encouragement that, "You can live here peacefully." Vatse, "My dear child." Yāvat te bhartur āgamaḥ, "Till your husband comes back."

tathety avātsīd devarṣer

antike sākuto-bhayā sākuto-bhayā

yāvad daitya-patir ghorāt

tapaso na nyavartata

(SB 7.7.13)

In this way, tathā, it will . . . tathety avātsīd: so she remained there under the protection of Nārada Mahārāja, ākuto-bhayām: without any fear of being arrested or killed. Yāvad daitya-patir ghorāt tapaso na nyavartata: until her husband came back after performing severest type of penances.

ṛṣiṁ paryacarat tatra

bhaktyā paramayāsate

antarvatnī sva-garbhasya

kṣemāyecchā-prasūtaye

(SB 7.7.14)

Ṛṣiṁ paryacarat: as a matter of fact she was giving, rendering very nice service to Nārada Muni. Naturally woman, her business is wherever they go they take care of seeing everything nice at home. Cleansing, cooking or making arrangements just to assist. This is woman's nature. In this way Nārada Muni was very well served by Prahlāda Mahārāja's mother.

ṛṣiṁ paryacarat tatra

bhaktyā paramayā satī

She was chaste and in great devotion she began to serve Nārada Muni.

antarvatnī sva-garbhasya

kṣemāyecchā-prasūtaye

She was simply thinking that, "My child may not take his birth immediately until my husband come back."

ṛṣiḥ kāruṇikas tasyāḥ

prādād ubhayam īśvaraḥ

dharmasya tattvaṁ jñānaṁ ca

mām apy uddiśya nirmalam

(SB 7.7.15)

ṛṣiḥ kāruṇikas tasyāḥ

prādād ubhayam īśvaraḥ

dharmasya tattvaṁ jñānaṁ ca

mām apy uddiśya nirmalam

(SB 7.7.15)

You have seen this . . . (indistinct)

Guest: (indistinct) . . . (laughs) . . . satisfied.

Prabhupāda Yes . . . hmm . . . Hare Kṛṣṇa . . . hmm.

antarvatnī garbhiṇī

icchayā bhartur āgamanānantaraṁ prasūtaye

evam api sva-garbhasya kṣemāya

(Bhāvārtha-dīpikā, 7.7.14)

So in this way Prahlāda's mother remained at the āśrama of Nārada Muni and she was rendering service to the ṛṣis (coughs) with a great desire (coughs) that her child may not take birth until her husband would come back. She was afraid that, "If my child is born then these demigods would come and kill him. So better not to give birth until my husband come back." That was her intention . . .

(aside) So if you want to stroll you can go now.

Guest: No . . . (indistinct)

Prabhupāda: Eh?

Guest: . . . (indistinct)

Prabhupāda: Eh? Where?

Guest: That . . . (indistinct)

Prabhupāda: Hah.

Guest: . . . of that house . . .

Prabhupāda: Hah.

Guest: At Mathurā . . .

Prabhupāda: Hah.

Guest: . . . (indistinct)

Prabhupāda: Hm.

Guest: I will come . . . (indistinct) . . . the pūjā. In the afternoon . . . (indistinct)

Prabhupāda: But you can not take anything.

Guest: Well I . . . (indistinct)

Prabhupāda: Hah.

Guest: . . . (indistinct)

Prabhupāda: That's all right. (end)