"Now people are praying that Nṛsiṁha-deva, Nṛsiṁha-deva is to protect the devotees." Just like a lion. A lion is ferocious to other animals, but he is not ferocious to the cubs. He's very affectionate father, mother, although it is lion. So the cubs, they haven't got to be afraid of the lion.
So Prahlāda Mahārāja says that, "My dear Lord, I am not asking You to be peaceful. Don't think that I have become afraid of You." He's so confident. "He is my Lord." He has come in the appearance, in this ghastly appearance, half lion and so big, and He's groaning like anything. So he knows that, "He is my Lord. He's same Kṛṣṇa."
- nārāyaṇa-paraḥ sarve na kutaścana bibhyati
- (SB 6.17.28)
One who is elevated in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, he is not disturbed in the greatest . . . facing greatest danger.
- yaṁ labdhvā cāparaṁ lābhaṁ
- manyate nādhikaṁ tataḥ
- yasmin sthite na duḥkhena
- guruṇāpi vicālyate
- (BG 6.20-23)
Kṛṣṇa consciousness is so nice that if one is perfectly situated in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, then his condition will be like this, that yaṁ labdhvā cāparaṁ lābhaṁ manyate nādhikaṁ tataḥ. Achieving that stage, he'll forget for any other profit. We are hankering after profit, profit after profit. I have got so much money, I want to make it double. When it is double I want to make it ten times. When it is ten times, I'll make it hundred times. Go on increasing. The civilization is increasing.
Formerly, people were satisfied if they could build one . . . construct one brick house, kota bari. Now they are not satisfied with kota bari, or brick house; they want to make it hundred- or two hundred-, five-hundred-storied house. And when they'll build, construct five-hundred-storied house, they'll think of thousand-storied house. This is the nature. This is the nature. So lābha. Everyone is hankering after more profit, more profit, more profit. But if one is situated in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, then he is satisfied.
- Svāmin kṛtārtho 'smi varaṁ na yāce
- (CC Madhya 22.42).
Dhruva Mahārāja said, "My dear Lord . . ." Here also you'll see. It was in the previous . . . when Prahlāda Mahārāja was offered to take benediction from the Lord, he refused. He said that, "My Lord, I am not a merchant that I am Your devotee for some material gain." This will be explained.