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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[ Canto 4, Ch. 25 ]
was being instructed by the great sage Nārada about the material world and the living entity who wants to enjoy it. It is therefore very clear how the kings and princes were trained to take charge of a kingdom. Welfare activities for the benefit of the citizens were aimed at understanding the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The human form of life is especially meant for understanding God, our relationship with Him and our activities in His service. Because the kings took charge of the spiritual education of the citizens, both the king and the citizens were happy in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. In this regard, we should remember that the monarchical hierarchy of Prācīnabarhiṣat comes from Mahārāja Dhruva, a great devotee of the Lord and the most celebrated disciple of Nārada Muni. King Prācīnabarhiṣat was then too much engaged in fruitive activities due to performing different types of  yajñas . One can actually be promoted to higher planetary systems or to the heavenly kingdoms by performing various  yajñas , but there is no question of liberation or going back home, back to Godhead. When the great sage Nārada saw that a descendant of Mahārāja Dhruva was being misled by fruitive activities, he took compassion upon him and personally came to instruct him about the ultimate benediction of life,  bhakti-yoga . How Nārada Muni indirectly introduced the  bhakti-yoga  system to King Prācīnabarhiṣat is very interestingly described in this Twenty-fifth Chapter.
TEXT 2
रुद्रगीतं भगवतः स्तोत्रं सर्वे प्रचेतसः ।  
 जपन्तस्ते तपस्तेपुर्वर्धणामयुतं जले ॥ २ ॥
rudra-gītam bhagavataḥ 
    stotram sarve pracetasaḥ 
    japantas te tapas tepur 
    varṣāṇām ayutam jale
rudra-gītam —the song sung by Lord Śiva;  bhagavataḥ —of the Lord;  stotram —prayer;  sarve —all;  pracetasaḥ —the princes known as the Pracetās;  japantaḥ —reciting;  te —all of them;  tapaḥ —austerity;  tepuḥ —executed;  varṣāṇām —of years;  ayutam —10,000;  jale — within the water.
TRANSLATION
All the Pracetā princes simply stood in the water for ten thousand years and recited the prayers given to them by Lord Śiva.