प्रह्रादस्यानुचरितं महाभागवतस्य च । भक्तिर्ज्ञानं विरक्तिश्च याथार्थ्यं चास्य वै हरे: ॥ ४३ ॥ सर्गस्थित्यप्ययेशस्य गुणकर्मानुवर्णनम् । परावरेषां स्थानानां कालेन व्यत्ययो महान् ॥ ४४ ॥
prahradasyanucaritam maha-bhagavatasya ca bhaktir jnanam viraktis ca yatharthyam casya vai hareh sarga-sthity-apyayesasya guna-karmanuvarnanam paravaresam sthananam kalena vyatyayo mahan
- prahradasya
- of Prahlada Maharaja
- anucaritam
- characteristics (understood by reading or describing his activities)
- maha-bhagavatasya
- of the great and exalted devotee
- ca
- also
- bhaktih
- devotional service unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- jnanam
- complete knowledge of the Transcendence (Brahman, Paramatma and Bhagavan)
- viraktih
- renunciation of material existence
- ca
- also
- yatharthyam
- just to understand each of them perfectly
- ca
- and
- asya
- of this
- vai
- indeed
- hareh
- always in reference to the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- sarga
- of creation
- sthiti
- maintenance
- apyaya
- and annihilation
- isasya
- of the master (the Supreme Personality of Godhead)
- guna
- of the transcendental qualities and opulences
- karma
- and activities
- anuvarnanam
- description within the disciplic succession*
- </a> para-avaresam
- of different types of living entities known as demigods and demons
- sthananam
- of the various planets or places to live
- kalena
- in due course of time
- vyatyayah
- the annihilation of everything
- mahan
- although very great
This narration describes the characteristics of the great and exalted devotee Prahlada Maharaja, his staunch devotional service, his perfect knowledge, and his perfect detachment from material contamination. It also describes the Supreme Personality of Godhead as the cause of creation, maintenance and annihilation. Prahlada Maharaja, in his prayers, has described the transcendental qualities of the Lord and has also described how the various abodes of the demigods and demons, regardless of how materially opulent, are destroyed by the mere direction of the Lord.