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\nSrila Prabhupada: So this is very instructive struggle between the atheist and the theist. This story of Prahl\u0101da Mah\u0101r\u0101ja is eternally true. There is always a struggle between the atheist and the theist. If a person becomes God conscious, K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a conscious, so he will find many enemies, because the world is full of demons. What to speak of the devotee of K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a, even K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a, when He personally came, He had to kill so many demons. There was His maternal uncle, His mother’s brother, very keenly related. Still, he wanted to kill K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a. As soon as any son was born to Devak\u012b, immediately he killed, because he did not know who will be K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a. The prediction was that the eighth child of his sister will kill Ka\u1e41sa. So he began to kill all the children. At last, K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a came. But he could not kill K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a. He was killed by K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a.
\nSo nobody can kill God. The demons, godless society, they simply want to kill God. But actually, God is never killed, but the demon is killed by God. That is the law of nature. This is the instruction from Prahl\u0101da Mah\u0101r\u0101ja’s life. We can understand that, as it is stated in the Bhagavad-g\u012bt\u0101, m\u1e5btyu\u1e25 sarva-hara\u015b c\u0101ham (BG 10.34). In the Bhagavad-g\u012bt\u0101 it is said that, “I am also death in the shape of taking away everything, whatever you possess.” We are very much proud of possessing material things, material acquisitions, but when K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a comes . . . just like Mah\u0101r\u0101ja . . . Prahl\u0101da Mah\u0101r\u0101ja saw, Hira\u1e47yaka\u015bipu, his father, also saw N\u1e5bsi\u1e41ha-deva. This Hira\u1e47yaka\u015bipu was very clever as the materialists, scientists, are very clever. Cleverly they are inventing so many things. What is the idea? The idea is, “We shall live forever and enjoy sense gratification more and more.” This is called atheistic advancement of civilization. So Hira\u1e47yaka\u015bipu was typical materialist. Hira\u1e47ya means gold, and ka\u015bipu means soft bed, cushion. So materialist persons, they are very much fond of gold and enjoying sex. That is their business. So Hira\u1e47yaka\u015bipu is the typical example of this materialistic person. And Prahl\u0101da Mah\u0101r\u0101ja, prak\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e6da-r\u016bpe\u1e47a \u0101hl\u0101da. \u0100hl\u0101da means transcendental bliss.
\nLecture Festival Appearance Day, Lord Nrsimhadeva, Nrsimha-caturdasi – Bombay May 05, 1974<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"