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Nārada's Instructions on Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
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and thus achieve the ultimate goal, back to Godhead. As such,  Vedānta-vādī , or the followers of the  Vedānta , indicates the pure devotees of the Personality of Godhead. Such  Vedānta-vādī  or the  bhakti-vedāntas  are impartial in distributing the transcendental knowledge of devotional service. To them no one is enemy or friend; no one is educated or uneducated. No one is especially favorable, and no one is unfavorable. The  bhakti-vedāntas  see the people in general are wasting time in false sensuous things. Their business is to get the ignorant mass of people to reestablish the lost relationship with the Personality of Godhead. By such endeavor, even the most forgotten soul is roused up to the sense of spiritual life, and thus being initiated by the  bhakti-vedāntas , the people in general gradually progress on the path of transcendental realization. So the  Vedānta-vādīs  initiated the boy even before he became self-controlled and was detached from childish sporting, etc. But before the initiation, he (the boy) became more and more advanced in discipline, which is very essential for one who wishes to make progress in the line. In the system of  varṇāśrama-dharma , which is the beginning of actual human life, small boys after five years of age are sent to become  brahmacārī  at the  guru's āśrama  where these things are systematically taught to boys, be they king's sons or sons of ordinary citizens. The training was compulsory not only to create good citizens of the state, but also to prepare the boy's future life for spiritual realization. The irresponsible life of sense enjoyment was unknown to the children of the followers of the  varṇāśrama  system. The boy was even injected with spiritual acumen before being placed by the father in the womb of the mother. Both the father and the mother were responsible for the boy's success in being liberated from the material bondage. That is the process of successful family planning. It is to beget children for complete perfection. Without being self-controlled, without being disciplinary and without being fully obedient, no one can become successful in following the instructions of the spiritual master, and without doing so, no one is able to go back to Godhead.
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उच्छिष्टत्येषाननुमोदितो द्विजैः
सकृत्स्म भुञ्जे तदपास्तकित्विषः ।
एवं प्रवृत्तस्य विशुद्धचेतस-
स्तद्धर्म एवात्मरुचिः प्रजायते ॥२५॥