True self-interest lies in serving Krishna, not pursuing material comfort or sectarian identity.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Engagement at Birla House Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 7.6.1 — December 16, 1975, Bombay 751216LE-BOMBAY [43:25 Minutes] SB-07.06.01_751216LE-BOMBAY Prabhupāda: Hmm.
Prabhupāda: Hmm? kaumāram ācaret prājño? Harikesa: Sixth Chapter, First verse.
Prabhupāda: Hmm? I shall speak in English? Hmm. śrī-prahrāda uvāca kaumāram ācaret prājño dharmān bhāgavatān iha... [aside:] You can give some stand. How long he will stand? durlabhaṁ mānuṣaṁ janma tad apy adhruvam arthadam [SB 7.6.1] This is the instruction of Prahlāda Mahārāja to his class friend.
Prahlāda Mahārāja was born of Hiraṇyakaśipu, great demon. He is described as demon because he was interested only in material comforts. Hiraṇya means gold, gold and very comfortable situation of material life. He was interested in that, and he wanted to teach his son about this economic development.
But Prahlāda Mahārāja, when he was in the womb of his mother... There was fight between the demons and the demigods, so the demons... Sometimes when there is fight, sometimes one party is victorious, sometimes the other party is victorious. So the demigods' party became victorious, and they were harassing the demons like anything. So Hiraṇyakaśipu's wife, she was pregnant, she was captured by Indra, the King of heaven, and she was being dragged to take her in the house of Indra.
In the way, Nārada Muni met them; he chastised Indra. Nārada Muni was devarṣi, ṛṣi amongst the demigods. So he said, "Why you are giving trouble to this woman? This is not good." So the demons replied..., demigods replied that "This woman is pregnant, and there is Hiraṇyakaśipu's son.
So we want to kill that son also, because he is demon. So we are taking this woman to our place just to wait for the time of her delivering the child." At that time Nārada Muni said, "No, no. This child is not a demon child. This child who is within the womb of this woman, he is a great devotee, so don't try to kill him.