न्यस्तक्रीडनको बालो जडवत्तन्मनस्तया । कृष्णग्रहगृहीतात्मा न वेद जगदीदृशम् ॥ ३७ ॥
nyasta-kridanako balo jadavat tan-manastaya krsna-graha-grhitatma na veda jagad idrsam
- nyasta
- having given up
- kridanakah
- all sportive activities or tendencies for childhood play
- balah
- a boy
- jada-vat
- as if dull, without activities
- tat-manastaya
- by being fully absorbed in Krsna
- krsna-graha
- by Krsna, who is like a strong influence (like a graha, or planetary influence)
- grhita-atma
- whose mind was fully attracted
- na
- not
- veda
- understood
- jagat
- the entire material world
- idrsam
- like this
From the very beginning of his childhood, Prahlada Maharaja was uninterested in childish playthings. Indeed, he gave them up altogether and remained silent and dull, being fully absorbed in Krsna consciousness. Since his mind was always affected by Krsna consciousness, he could not understand how the world goes on being fully absorbed in the activities of sense gratification.