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| Canto 7: The Science of God | Chapter 7: What Prahlada Learned in the Womb |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 7.7.54
SYNONYMS
daiteyah -- O demons; yaksha-rakshamsi -- the living entities known as the Yakshas and Rakshasas; striyah -- women; sudrah -- the laborer class; vraja-okasah -- village cowherd men; khagah -- birds; mrigah -- animals; papa-jivah -- sinful living entities; santi -- can become; hi -- certainly; acyutatam -- the qualities of Acyuta, the Supreme Lord; gatah -- obtained.
TRANSLATION
O my friends, O sons of demons, everyone, including you (the Yakshas and Rakshasas), the unintelligent women, sudras and cowherd men, the birds, the lower animals and the sinful living entities, can revive his original, eternal spiritual life and exist forever simply by accepting the principles of bhakti-yoga.
PURPORT
The devotees are referred to as acyuta-gotra, or the dynasty of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The Lord is called Acyuta, as indicated in Bhagavad-gita (senayor ubhayor madhye ratham sthapaya me 'cyuta). The Lord is infallible in the material world because He is the supreme spiritual person. Similarly, the jivas, who are part and parcel of the Lord, can also become infallible. Although Prahlada's mother was in the conditional state and was the wife of a demon, even Yakshas, Rakshasas, women, sudras and even birds and other lower living entities can be elevated to the acyuta-gotra, the family of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. That is the highest perfection. As Krishna never falls, when we revive our spiritual consciousness, Krishna consciousness, we never fall again to material existence. One should understand the position of the supreme Acyuta, Krishna, who says in Bhagavad-gita (4.9):
"One who knows the transcendental nature of My appearance and activities does not, upon leaving the body, take his birth again in this material world, but attains My eternal abode, O Arjuna." One should understand Acyuta, the supreme infallible, and how we are related with Him, and one should take to the service of the Lord. This is the perfection of life. Srila Madhvacarya says, acyutatam cyuti-varjanam. The word acyutatam refers to one who never falls to this material world but always remains in the Vaikuntha world, fully engaged in the service of the Lord.
Copyright (c) The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International, Inc.
His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Founder Acarya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness