Shloka 70
Prahlāda Rejects Material Boons; Forgives His Father; Tripura and the Power of Remembrance
एवं विधान्यस्य हरे: स्वमायया विडम्बमानस्य नृलोकमात्मन: । वीर्याणि गीतान्यृषिभिर्जगद्गुरो- र्लोकं पुनानान्यपरं वदामि किम् ॥ ७० ॥
evaṁ vidhāny asya hareḥ sva-māyayā viḍambamānasya nṛ-lokam ātmanaḥ vīryāṇi gītāny ṛṣibhir jagad-guror lokaṁ punānāny aparaṁ vadāmi kim
अशा प्रकारे श्रीहरि आपल्या योगमायेने मनुष्यलोकात मानवी रूपाने वावरत असतानाही अनेक विलक्षण पराक्रम व लीला प्रकट करीत राहिले. जगद्गुरूंची ही चरित्रे ऋषींनी गायिली असून ती लोकांना पावन करतात; मग मी अधिक काय सांगू? योग्य स्रोताकडून ऐकले तरी शुद्धी होते।
Bhagavad-gītā and all the Vedic literatures fully explain that the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa, appears in human society as an ordinary human being but acts very uncommonly for the well-being of the entire world. One should not be influenced by the illusory energy and think Lord Kṛṣṇa to be an ordinary human being. Those who really seek the Absolute Truth come to the understanding that Kṛṣṇa is everything ( vāsudevaḥ sarvam iti ). Such great souls are very rare. Nonetheless, if one studies the entire Bhagavad-gītā as it is, Kṛṣṇa is very easy to understand. The Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is just trying to make Kṛṣṇa known all over the world as the Supreme Personality of Godhead ( kṛṣṇas tu bhagavān svayam ). If people take this movement seriously, their lives as human beings will be successful.
FAQs
This verse says that the Lord’s heroic deeds, when sung and heard as the sages do, purify the worlds—Hari-kathā itself becomes a cleansing force for consciousness.
He concludes that the Lord’s glories are already fully celebrated by ṛṣis and are inherently purifying; compared to that, additional commentary feels insufficient.
Make regular time for hearing/chanting Bhagavatam and names of Hari—treat devotionally sung narratives as daily purification rather than mere mythology.