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Śāstrījī: Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. [Prabhupāda and devotees repeat] [chants verse; Prabhupāda …

śrī-bhagavān uvāca prahlāda bhadra bhadraṁ te prīto 'haṁ te asurottama varaṁ vṛṇīṣva abhimataṁ kāma-pūro 'smy ahaṁ nṛṇām

[SB 7.9.52]

Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: [chants synonyms; Prabhupāda and devotees respond] [break]

[02:24]

Translation = "The Supreme Personality of Godhead spoke = My dear Prahlāda, the most gentle and best of the family …

Prabhupāda:

śrī-bhagavān uvāca prahlāda bhadra bhadraṁ te prīto 'haṁ te asurottama varaṁ vṛṇīṣva abhimataṁ kāma-pūro 'smy ahaṁ nṛṇām

[SB 7.9.52]

So śrī-bhagavān uvāca. Bhagavān, this word, we have several times explained that the most opulent, six opulences, riches, aiśvaryasya... Śrī, …

So the foolish people, they do not know it. It is practical. Just like I went to your country with …

So this is the secret of bhakti. A bhakta does not endeavor for anything except devotional service. Karma, jñāna, yoga, …

So kāma-pūraḥ.

akāmaḥ sarva-kāmo vā mokṣa-kāma udāra-dhīḥ tīvreṇa bhakti-yogena yajeta paramaṁ puruṣa

[SB 2.3.10]

This is the recommendation in the śāstra. There are three kinds of men = akāma, sarva-kāma and mokṣa-kāma. Akāma means …

vāsudeve bhagavati bhakti-yoga-prayojitaḥ janayaty āśu vairāgyaṁ jñānaṁ ca yad ahaitukam

[SB 1.2.7]

Anyone who surrenders himself to Vāsudeva---vāsudevaḥ sarvam iti sa mahātmā sudurlabhaḥ [Bg. 7.19]---fully surrendered to Kṛṣṇa...