Śrīmad-bhāgavatam 7.5.3
Texto
śuśruve ’nupapāṭha ca
na sādhu manasā mene
sva-parāsad-grahāśrayam
Palabra por palabra
yat — que; tatra — allí (en la escuela); guruṇā — por los maestros; proktam — instruido; śuśruve — escuchó; anupapāṭha — repitió; ca — y; na — no; sādhu — bueno; manasā — por la mente; mene — considerado; sva — del propio; para — y de otros; asat-graha — por la mala filosofía; āśrayam — que era apoyada.
Traducción
Ciertamente, Prahlāda escuchó y repitió los temas de política y economía que sus maestros le enseñaron, pero comprendía que la filosofía política implicaba considerar amigos a unos y enemigos a otros, y a él eso no le gustaba.
Significado
Politics involves accepting one group of men as enemies and another group as friends. Everything in politics is based on this philosophy, and the entire world, especially at the present, is engrossed in it. The public is concerned with friendly countries and friendly groups or enemy countries and enemy groups, but as stated in Bhagavad-gītā, a learned person does not make distinctions between enemies and friends. Devotees, especially, do not create friends and enemies. A devotee sees that every living being is part and parcel of Kṛṣṇa (mamaivāṁśo jīva-bhūtaḥ). Therefore a devotee treats friends and enemies equally by trying to educate them both in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Of course, atheistic men do not follow the instructions of pure devotees, but instead consider a devotee their enemy. A devotee, however, never creates a situation of friendship and enmity. Although Prahlāda Mahārāja was obliged to hear the instructions of Ṣaṇḍa and Amarka, he did not like the philosophy of friends and enemies, which forms the basis of politics. He was not interested in this philosophy.