Srimad Bhagavatam — Saptama Skandha, Shloka 43
Prahlāda’s Prayers Pacify Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva
Prahlāda-stuti and the Lord’s Benediction Offer
नैवोद्विजे पर दुरत्ययवैतरण्या- स्त्वद्वीर्यगायनमहामृतमग्नचित्त: । शोचे ततो विमुखचेतस इन्द्रियार्थ मायासुखाय भरमुद्वहतो विमूढान् ॥ ४३ ॥
naivodvije para duratyaya-vaitaraṇyās tvad-vīrya-gāyana-mahāmṛta-magna-cittaḥ śoce tato vimukha-cetasa indriyārtha- māyā-sukhāya bharam udvahato vimūḍhān
Lạy Đấng Đại Nhân tối thượng, con hoàn toàn không sợ sự tồn tại vật chất khó vượt như sông Vaitaraṇī, vì tâm con chìm trong đại cam lộ của việc ca tụng vinh quang và chiến công của Ngài. Con chỉ xót thương những kẻ mê muội đang bày mưu cầu lạc thú huyễn ảo của giác quan và gánh vác gánh nặng gia đình, xã hội và quốc gia.
Throughout the entire world, everyone is making big, big plans to adjust the miseries of the material world, and this is true at present, in the past and in the future. Nonetheless, although they make elaborate political, social and cultural plans, they have all been described herein as vimūḍha — fools. The material world has been described in Bhagavad-gītā as duḥkhālayam aśāśvatam — temporary and miserable — but these fools are trying to turn the material world into sukhālayam, a place of happiness, not knowing how everything acts by the arrangement of material nature, which works in her own way.
FAQs
This verse says that immersion in the “nectar” of chanting the Lord’s glories makes a devotee unafraid of the otherwise difficult-to-cross ocean of material existence.
Because his consciousness is absorbed in glorifying the Lord; devotion (bhakti) transforms the experience of samsara, making it no longer frightening for one sheltered in Hari.
Prioritize daily nāma-kīrtana or sincere prayer, and cultivate compassion rather than contempt for those chasing sense pleasure—recognizing it as burdensome “māyā-sukha.”