Verse Text
jaḍatā, yathā saptame (7.4.37) –
nyasta-krīḍanako bālo jaḍavat tan-manastayā |
kṛṣṇa-graha-gṛhītātmā na veda jagad īdṛśam ||108||
Translation
An example of jaḍatā (inability to make decisions) in utkaṇṭḥitam, from the Seventh Canto: From the very beginning of his childhood, Prahlāda Mahārāja was uninterested in childish playthings. Indeed, he gave them up altogether and remained silent and dull, being fully absorbed in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Since his mind was always affected by Kṛṣṇa consciousness, he could not understand how the world goes on being fully absorbed in the activities of sense gratification. SB 7.4.37
Purport (Jiva Goswami)
Because his mind was always thinking of Kṛṣṇa (tan-manastayā) he was not interested in childhood play. Because of that, he became as if dull and unconscious. After that, being completely absorbed in Kṛṣṇa (kṛṣna-graha-gṛhītātmā), he did not see as the rest of the world sees (na veda jagad īdṛśam). He saw it only as a manifestation of the Lord.
Purport (Nectar of Devotion)
In the Seventh Canto of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, Fourth Chapter, verse 37, the great sage Nārada informs Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira about Prahlāda Mahārāja, who was a devotee from the very beginning of his life. The proof of Prahlāda’s natural devotion is that even when he was a small child he did not play with his playmates, but was always eager to preach the glories of the Lord. Instead of joining in their sportive acrobatic feats, he remained an inactive child because he was always in trance, meditating on Kṛṣṇa. As such, there was no possibility of his being touched by the external world.