True knowledge is knowing Krishna; all other learning pales before nine devotional processes of bhakti.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Nṛsiṁha-caturdaśī Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 7.5.22–32 — May 27, 1972, Los Angeles 720527SB-LOS ANGELES [65:54 Minutes] SB-07.05.22–32_720527SB-LOS ANGELES NrsimhaDevaApp_720527SB-LOS ANGELES Prabhupāda: So today, appearance day of Lord Nṛsiṁha-deva. Lord Nṛsiṁha-deva appeared on this Nṛsiṁha Cāturdaśī on account of His devotee Prahlāda. As it is stated in the Bhagavad-gītā, yadā yadā hi dharmasya glānir bhavati bhārata, abhyutthānam adharmasya [Bg. 4.7]. Paritrāṇāya sādhūnāṁ vināśāya ca duṣkṛtāṁ, sambhavāmi yuge yuge [Bg. 4.8].
The Lord appears with two purposes. Paritrāṇāya sādhūnām: just to give protection and rescue the devotees, and to kill the demons, vināśāya ca duṣkṛtām. So Prahlāda Mahārāja, five-years-old boy, his only fault was that he was Kṛṣṇa conscious. He was devotee of Kṛṣṇa. That was his only fault.
And the father was so unkind to a child, even five years old, he could not excuse, "Oh, let this boy do whatever, chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa." No. The demons are so much against God consciousness that even at his home he would not allow his own child to become God conscious. This is demoniac civili... So you'll find many critics, many enemies, because you are making progress in Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
So the demons are always against this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement. That is the whole history. Just like Lord Jesus Christ, he was crucified. What was his fault?
He was preaching God consciousness, that's all. This society is so cruel. So Prahlāda Mahārāja was tortured in so many ways. The torturing methods, I think you will find...., you will see in today's picture, how Prahlāda Mahārāja was tortured. [pause, looking for picture in book] So one day, Hiraṇyakaśipu...
After all, he was his son; affection was there. So one day, Hiraṇyakaśipu asked the boy, prahrādānūcyatāṁ tāta svadhītaṁ kiñcid uttamaṁ kālenaitāvatāyuṣman yad aśikṣād guror bhavān [SB 7.5.22] So he asked his son, "My dear son, what you have learned? The best thing, what you have learned from your teachers, so you kindly let me know." So Prahlāda Mahārāja informed that "I have learned like this." What is that? śravaṇaṁ kīrtanaṁ viṣṇoḥ smaraṇaṁ pāda-sevanam arcanaṁ vandanaṁ dāsyaṁ sakhyam ātma-nivedanam iti puṁsārpitā viṣṇau bhaktiś cen nava-lakṣaṇā kriyeta bhagavaty addhā tan manye 'dhītam uttamam [SB 7.5.23-24] Tan manye 'dhītam uttamam: one who is engaged in the matter of hearing about Viṣṇu, śravaṇaṁ kīrtanam viṣṇoḥ. We are engaged in hearing and talking and chanting about so many things non-Viṣṇu.
Just like you'll find thousands of, millions of different types of magazines sold in your country—in all countries. Some of the magazines are sex literature, some cinema literature, some this literature, that... So many different types. There is one paper I have seen, Diabetes, diabetes literature. There are many patients of diabetes, so they have formed a society, Diabetic Society.