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Prabhupāda:

...kiyān deha-bhṛto 'surāḥ niṣekādiṣv avasthāsu kliśyamānasya karmabhiḥ

[SB 7.7.46]

[My dear friends, O sons of the asuras, the living entity receives different types of bodies according to his previous …

Prahlāda Mahārāja instructing his friends, all small children, about Kṛṣṇa consciousness. He is instructing so many things. We have been …

Asura means demons. He also belonged to the family, atheistic family. His father was great atheist, and all his friends... …

There are two kinds of people, asura and sura, or deva and asura. So who are asuras and who are …

Dvau bhūta-sargau loke daiva āsura eva ca

[Bg. 16.6].

[O son of Pṛthā, in this world there are two kinds of created beings. One is called the divine and …

There are two kinds of people in this world: viṣṇu-bhakto bhaved daiva. And who are... Daiva means godly. Who are …

āsuras tad-viparyayaḥ

[Padma Purāṇa].

[There are two classes of men in the created world. One consists of the demoniac and the other of the …

Tad-viparyayaḥ means just the opposite number. What is the opposite number? The atheist. At once they hear something of God, …

So Prahlāda Mahārāja is asking the asuras, his friends, "My dear..." Friends are sometime addressed in strong languages. That does …

But he was speaking among friends. There was no questions of offending. And actually they were sons of all atheist. …

Everyone is called selfish: "I am self-interested." Yes. You should be self-interested. Everyone should be self... And that is the …

Oh. So self-interest is natural. That is not abominable. If you become self-interested, that is not abominable. That is nice. …

nirūpyatām iha svārthaḥ kiyān deha-bhṛto 'surāḥ karmāṇy ārabhate dehī... niṣekādiṣv avasthāsu kliśyamānasya karmabhiḥ