CHAPTER THIRTY
The Activities of the Pracetās
TEXT I
विदुर उवाच
ये त्वयाभिहिता ब्रह्मन् मुताः प्राचीनवर्हिषः ।
ते रुद्रगीतेन हरिं सिद्धिमापुः प्रतोष्य काम् ॥ १ ॥
vidura uvāca   ye tvayābhihitā brahman   sutāḥ prācīnabarhiṣaḥ   te rudra-gītena hariṁ   siddhim āpuḥ pratoṣya kām
viduraḥ uvāca —Vidura said;  ye —those who;  tvayā —by you;  abhihitāḥ —were spoken about;  brahman —O  brāhmaṇa ;  sutāḥ —sons;  prācīnabarhiṣaḥ —of King Prācīnabarhi;  te —all of them;  rudra-gītena —by the song composed by Lord Śiva;  hariṁ —the Lord;  siddhim —success;  āpuḥ —achieved;  pratoṣya —having satisfied;  kām —what.
TRANSLATION
Vidura inquired from Maitreya: O  brāhmaṇa , you formerly spoke about the sons of Prācīnabarhi and informed me that they satisfied the Supreme Personality of Godhead by chanting a song composed by Lord Śiva. What did they achieve in this way?
PURPORT
In the beginning, Maitreya Rṣi narrated the activities of the sons of Prācīnabarhi. These sons went beside a great lake, which was like an ocean, and, fortunately finding Lord Śiva, they learned how to satisfy the Supreme Personality of Godhead by chanting the songs composed by Lord
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