Shloka 152
Pracetās, Māriṣā, Dakṣa’s Re-manifestation, and the Brahma-parastava; Cyclic Creation and Genealogies
यस्य चोत्पादिता कृत्या दैत्यराजपुरोहितैः बभूव नान्ताय पुरा गोविन्दासक्तचेतसः
yasya cotpāditā kṛtyā daityarājapurohitaiḥ babhūva nāntāya purā govindāsaktacetasaḥ
দৈত্যরাজের পুরোহিতদের দ্বারা সৃষ্ট কৃত্যাও একদা তার অন্ত ঘটাতে পারেনি; কারণ তার চিত্ত অবিচলভাবে গোবিন্দে নিবিষ্ট ছিল, তাই সেই বৈরী ক্রিয়া নিষ্ফল হয়েছিল।
Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)
Speaker: Parasara
Topic: How Prahlāda remained unharmed despite the Daitya’s many attempts and hostile rites.
Teaching: Devotional
Quality: authoritative
Concept: Single-minded absorption in Govinda makes malefic ritual aggression ineffective against the devotee.
Vedantic Theme: Dharma
Application: Cultivate steady japa/smaraṇa and ethical steadiness so fear and hostility do not disturb the mind.
Vishishtadvaita: Bhakti as effective reliance on the personal Lord (śeṣin) who protects the śeṣa-bhūta jīva.
Phase: Divine-protection
Bhakti Quality: Avicāra-bhakti—unshaken, one-pointed absorption in Govinda that neutralizes hostile rites.
Vishnu Form: Hari
Bhakti Type: Shanta
FAQs
Here, kṛtyā symbolizes hostile occult power; the verse teaches that such forces cannot culminate in destruction when one is firmly absorbed in Govinda.
By showing that even a rite created by Daitya royal priests could not reach its intended end, Parāśara frames bhakti—single-pointed absorption in Vishnu—as a superior safeguard.
Govinda is presented as the supreme reality and sovereign power before whom all inimical rituals fail; devotion aligns the devotee with that supremacy.