LIVE THE PRAHLAD'S WAY

Pat came the reply from Prahlada, with speed meteoric 
That stunned and bewildered the Creator of creators 
"My Lord, grant me that great boon of DESIRELESSNESS 
The greatest wealth-source of inexhaustible power spiritual 
That confers bliss infinite and contentment eternal 
By annihilating the GREED and EGOTISM-the formidable foes 
The very cause of all woe, strife, loss and ¹⁸asanti 
Desirelessness, my Lord blesses me with ¹⁹Bhavasannidhya 
To feast my eyes with thy rare ²⁰divyamangala rupa 
Till that moment of my merging with the ²¹Paramatma.

Elated at his ²²stitaprajna and asamana ²³manovikasa 
Thrilled by the simplicity of ambition and longing 
Narasimha uttered ²⁴Thadasthu and vanished, seeing 
The boy Prahlada found seated on the lotus leaf 
Sailing over ²⁵anandasagara of gods over the death of demon 
Steered by ²⁶ananda vichikas of demons for glorifying the race 
Hailed by humanity as the ²⁷parama bhagavatotthama 
who like the Pole star is illumining the dark world 
And preparing anyone for the up-ward journey, if realised 
The great truth: DESIRELESSNESS alone breeds BLISSFULNESS.

Glossary

18) lawlessness. 
19) nearness to the Lord. 
20) auspicious form. 
21) Universal soul. 
22) highly evolved knoledge. 
23) matchless mental maturity. 
24) be it so. 
25) ocean of joy. 
26) gentle breeze of joy
27) great devotee.

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