athÄcÄrya-sutas teá¹£Äá¹
buddhim ekÄnta-saá¹sthitÄm
Älaká¹£ya bhÄ«tas tvarito
rÄjña Ävedayad yathÄ
atha - thereupon; ÄcÄrya-sutaḥ - the son of ÅšukrÄcÄrya; teá¹£Äm - of them (the sons of the demons); buddhim - the intelligence; ekÄnta-saá¹sthitÄm - fixed in one subject matter, devotional service; Älaká¹£ya - realizing or seeing practically; bhÄ«taḥ - being afraid; tvaritaḥ - as soon as possible; rÄjñe - unto the King (HiraṇyakaÅ›ipu); Ävedayat - submitted; yathÄ - fittingly.
The words buddhim ekÄnta-saá¹sthitÄm indicate that as an effect of PrahlÄda MahÄrÄja’s preaching, the students who listened to him became fixed in the conclusion that Kṛṣṇa consciousness is the only object of human life. The fact is that anyone who associates with a pure devotee and follows his instructions becomes fixed in Kṛṣṇa consciousness and is not disturbed by materialistic consciousness. The teachers particularly observed this in their students, and therefore they were afraid because the whole community of students was gradually becoming Kṛṣṇa conscious.