SB 7.8.1 · Srimad-Bhagavatam

Devanagari

श्रीनारद उवाच अथ दैत्यसुता: सर्वे श्रुत्वा तदनुवर्णितम् । जगृहुर्निरवद्यत्वान्नैव गुर्वनुशिक्षितम् ॥ १ ॥

Verse text

śrī-nārada uvāca atha daitya-sutāḥ sarve śrutvā tad-anuvarṇitam jagṛhur niravadyatvān naiva gurv-anuśikṣitam

Synonyms

śrī — nāradaḥ uvāca — Śrī Nārada Muni said ; atha — thereupon ; daitya — sutāḥ — the sons of the demons (the class friends of Prahlāda Mahārāja) ; sarve — all ; śrutvā — hearing ; tat — by him (Prahlāda) ; anuvarṇitam — the statements about devotional life ; jagṛhuḥ — accepted ; niravadyatvāt — due to the supreme utility of that instruction ; na — not ; eva — indeed ; guru — anuśikṣitam — that which was taught by their teachers .

Translation

Nārada Muni continued: All the sons of the demons appreciated the transcendental instructions of Prahlāda Mahārāja and took them very seriously. They rejected the materialistic instructions given by their teachers, Ṣaṇḍa and Amarka.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

Nārada said: After hearing what Prahlāda spoke, all the children did not accept what was taught by their teachers, since Prahlāda’s teachings were faultless. In the Eighth Chapter Hiraṇyakaśipu tries to kill his son and attacks a pillar in anger. Nṛsiṁhadeva appears from the pillar and kills him. The devatās praise the Lord.

Purport

This is the effect of the preaching of a pure devotee like Prahlāda Mahārāja. If a devotee is qualified, sincere and serious about Kṛṣṇa consciousness and if he follows the instructions of a bona fide spiritual master, as Prahlāda Mahārāja did when preaching the instructions he had received from Nārada Muni, his preaching is effective. As it is said in the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (3.25.25) : satāṁ prasaṅgān mama vīrya-saṁvido bhavanti hṛt-karṇa-rasāyanāḥ kathāḥ If one tries to understand the discourses given by the sat, or pure devotees, those instructions will be very pleasing to the ear and appealing to the heart. Thus if one is inspired to take to Kṛṣṇa consciousness and if one practices the process in his life, he is surely successful in returning home, back to Godhead. By the grace of Prahlāda Mahārāja, all his class friends, the sons of the demons, became Vaiṣṇavas. They did not like hearing from their so-called teachers Ṣaṇḍa and Amarka, who were interested only in teaching them about diplomacy, politics, economic development and similar topics meant exclusively for sense gratification.