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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 4, Ch. 20]
puruṣā yadi muhyanti tvādṛśā deva-māyayā śrama eva paraṁ jāto dīrghayā vṛddha-sevayā
puruṣāḥ—persons; yadi—if; muhyanti—become bewildered; tvā-dṛśāḥ—like you; deva—of the Supreme Lord; māyayā—by the energy; śramaḥ—exertion; eva—certainly; paraṁ—only; jātaḥ—produced; dīrghayā—for a long time; vṛddha-sevayā—by serving the superiors.
TRANSLATION
If a personality like you, who are so much advanced because of executing the instructions of the previous ācāryas, is carried away by the influence of My material energy, then all your advancement may be considered simply a waste of time.
PURPORT
In this verse the word  vṛddha-sevayā  is very significant.  Vṛddha  means “old.”  Sevayā  means “by service.” Perfect knowledge is acquired from the  ācāryas  or liberated souls. No one can be perfect in knowledge without being trained by the  paramparā  system. Pṛthu Mahārāja was completely trained in that line; therefore he did not deserve to be considered an ordinary man. An ordinary man, who has only a conception of bodily existence, is always bewildered by the modes of material nature.
TEXT 5
अतः कायमिमं विद्वानविद्याकामकर्मभिः। आरब्ध इति नैवासिन् प्रतिबुद्धोऽनुषजते ॥ ५ ॥
ataḥ kāyam imaṁ vidvān avidyā-kāma-karmabhiḥ ārabdha iti naivāsmin pratibuddho 'nuṣajjate
ataḥ—therefore; kāyam—body; imaṁ—this; vidvān—he who has knowledge; avidyā—by nescience; kāma—desires; karmabhiḥ—and by activities; ārabdhaḥ—created; iti—thus; na—never; eva—certainly; asmin—to this body; pratibuddhaḥ—one who knows; anuṣajjate—becomes addicted.