श्रीनारद उवाच एवं प्रलोभ्यमानोऽपि वरैर्लोकप्रलोभनै: । एकान्तित्वाद् भगवति नैच्छत्तानसुरोत्तम: ॥ ५५ ॥
sri-narada uvaca evam pralobhyamano ’pi varair loka-pralobhanaih ekantitvad bhagavati naicchat tan asurottamah
- sri-naradah uvaca
- the great saint Narada said
- evam
- thus
- pralobhyamanah
- being allured or induced
- api
- although
- varaih
- by benedictions
- loka
- of the world
- pralobhanaih
- by different kinds of allurements
- ekantitvat
- because of being solely surrendered
- bhagavati
- unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- na aicchat
- did not want
- tan
- those benedictions
- asura-uttamah
- Prahlada Maharaja, the best of the family of asuras.
Narada Muni said: Prahlada Maharaja was the best person in the family of asuras, who always aspire for material happiness. Nonetheless, although allured by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who offered him all benedictions for material happiness, because of his unalloyed Krsna consciousness he did not want to take any material benefit for sense gratification.