Inquiries into the Absolute: Digest 57

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Digest 57, May 8, 2003

 

Answers by His Holiness Romapada Swami Maharaja

 

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Q.1) In Bhagavatam Canto 4 chapter 18 text 16 it says that Prahlad Maharaj was

turned into a calf and the demons extracted various kinds of liquor and beer

from him. How come? Prahlad Maharaj is such a pure devotee of the Lord and they

used Him to get liquor and beer!

 

Answer)

Below are texts that follow this quoted SB 4.18.16. The overall message is that

the Supreme Lord, through His mystic powers and various manifestations on

earth, supplied to all beings their necessities and their desirable commodities

(note the list of items supplied to other groups; the supply was according to

their natures). Prahlad Maharaja was a pure devotee, yet at the same time he

served the Lord in the capacity of the king of the daityas. One can be certain

that Prahlad ruled his citizens perfectly, which included his seeing to it that

all his citizens were nicely cared for. Prahlad was naturally compassionate,

and very powerful. Thus, it was only natural that he would be the candidate

for this service to the daitya kingdom under Prithu's rule, at a time when

"calf transform- ing" was going on in all worldly realms.

 

SB 4.18.26

TRANSLATION

The planet earth supplied everyone his respective food. During the time of King

PRthu, the earth was fully under the control of the King. Thus all the

inhabitants of the earth could get their food supply by creating various types

of calves and putting their particular types of milk in various pots.

SB 4.18.27

TRANSLATION

My dear Vidura, chief of the Kurus, in this way King Prthu and all the others

who subsist on food created different types of calves and milked out their

respective eatables. Thus they received their various foodstuffs, which were

symbolized as milk.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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