Text 56]
Talks Between Nārada and King Prācīnabarhi
1439
TEXT 56
राजोवाच
श्रुतमन्त्रीक्षितं ब्रह्मन् भगवान् यदभाषत ।
नैतज्जानन्त्युपाध्यायाः किं न ब्रूयुर्विदुर्यदि ॥५६॥
rājovāca
śrutam anvīkṣitam brahman
bhagavān yad abhāṣata
naitaj jānanty upādhyāyāḥ
kim na brūyur vidur yadi
rājā uvāca —the King said;  śrutam —was heard;  anvīkṣitam —was considered;  brahman —O  brāhmaṇa ;  bhagavān —the most powerful;  yat —which;  abhāṣata —you have spoken;  na —not;  etat —this;  jānanti —do know;  upādhyāyāḥ —the teachers of fruitive activities;  kim —why;  na brūyuh —they did not instruct;  viduh —they understood;  yadi —if.
TRANSLATION
The King replied: My dear brāhmaṇa, whatever you have said I have heard with great attention, and, considering all of it, have come to the conclusion that the ācāryas [teachers] who engaged me in fruitive activity did not know this confidential knowledge. If they were aware of it, why did they not explain it to me?
PURPORT
Actually the so-called teachers or leaders of material society do not really know the goal of life. They are described in  Bhagavad-gītā  as  māyayāpahṛta-jñānāḥ . They appear to be very learned scholars, but actually the influence of the illusory energy has taken away their knowledge. Real knowledge means searching out  Kṛṣṇa .
sarvasya cāham hṛdi sanniviṣto
mattaḥ smṛtir jñānam apohanam ca
vedaiś ca sarvair aham eva vedyo
vedānta-kṛd veda-vid eva cāham