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Nārada Instructs the Pracetās
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दीक्षिता ब्रह्मसत्रेण सर्वभूतात्ममेधसा । 
  प्रतीच्यां दिशि वेलायां सिद्धोऽभूयत्र जाजलिः ॥२॥
dīkṣitā brahma-satreṇa 
  sarva-bhūtātma-medhasā 
  pratīcyāṁ diśi velāyāṁ 
  siddho 'bhūd yatra jājaliḥ
dīkṣitāḥ—being determined; brahma-satreṇa—by understanding of the Supreme Spirit; sarva—all; bhūta—living entities; ātma-medhasā—considering as one's self; pratīcyāṁ—in the western; diśi—direction; velāyāṁ—on the seashore; siddhaḥ—perfect; abhūt—became; yatra—where; jājaliḥ—the great sage Jājali.
TRANSLATION
The Pracetās went to the seashore in the west where the great liberated sage Jājali was residing. After perfecting the spiritual knowledge by which one becomes equal to all living entities, the Pracetās became perfect in Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
PURPORT
The word  brahma-satra  means cultivation of spiritual knowledge. Actually both the  Vedas  and severe austerity are known as  brahma .  Vedas tattvaṁ tapo brahma .  Brahma  also means the Absolute Truth. One has to cultivate knowledge of the Absolute Truth by pursuing studies in the  Vedas  and undergoing severe austerities and penances. The Pracetās properly executed this function and consequently became equal to all other living entities. As  Bhagavad-gītā  confirms:
brahma-bhūtaḥ prasannātmā 
  na śocati na kāṅkṣati 
  samaḥ sarveṣu bhūteṣu 
  mad-bhaktiṁ labhate parām
“One who is thus transcendentally situated at once realizes the Supreme Brahman. He never laments nor desires to have anything; he is equally disposed to every living entity. In that state he attains pure devotional service unto Me.” (Bg. 18.54)
When one actually becomes spiritually advanced, he does not see the