SB 7.4.30
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 30
- tasya daitya-pateḥ putrāś
- catvāraḥ paramādbhutāḥ
- prahrādo 'bhūn mahāṁs teṣāṁ
- guṇair mahad-upāsakaḥ
SYNONYMS
tasya—of him (Hiraṇyakaśipu); daitya-pateḥ—the King of the Daityas; putrāḥ—sons; catvāraḥ—four; parama-adbhutāḥ—very qualified and wonderful; prahrādaḥ—the one named Prahlāda; abhūt—was; mahān—the greatest; teṣām—of all of them; guṇaiḥ—with transcendental qualities; mahat-upāsakaḥ—being an unalloyed devotee of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
TRANSLATION
Hiraṇyakaśipu had four wonderful, well-qualified sons, of whom the one named Prahlāda was the best. Indeed, Prahlāda was a reservoir of all transcendental qualities because he was an unalloyed devotee of the Personality of Godhead.
PURPORT
- yasyāsti bhaktir bhagavaty akiñcanā
- sarvair guṇais tatra samāsate surāḥ
"In one who has unflinching devotional faith in Kṛṣṇa, all the good qualities of Kṛṣṇa and the demigods are consistently manifest." (SB 5.18.12) Prahlāda Mahārāja is praised herein for having all good qualities because of worshiping the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Therefore, a pure devotee, who has no motives, has all good qualities, material and spiritual. If one is spiritually advanced, being a staunch, liberal devotee of the Lord, all good qualities are manifest in his body. On the other hand, harāv abhaktasya kuto mahad-guṇāḥ: if one is not a devotee, even if he has some materially good qualities, they have no value. That is the verdict of the Vedas.