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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 6, Ch. 5]
nāradaḥ —Nārada;  prāha —said;  vācaḥ —words;  kūṭāni —enigmatic;  pūrva-vat —as he had done previously.
TRANSLATION
O King Parīkṣit, Nārada Muni approached these sons of Prajāpati Dakṣa, who were engaged in tapasya to beget children, and spoke enigmatic words to them just as he had spoken to their elder brothers.
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दाक्षायणाः संशृणुत गदतो निगमं मम । अन्विच्छतानुपदवीं भ्रातृणां भ्रातृवत्सलाः ॥३०॥
dākṣāyaṇāḥ saṁśṛṇuta gadato nigamaṁ mama anvicchatānupadavīṁ bhrātīṇāṁ bhrātṛ-vatsalāḥ
dākṣāyaṇāḥ —O sons of Prajāpati Dakṣa;  saṁśṛṇuta —please hear with attention;  gadataḥ —who am speaking;  nigamaṁ —instruction;  mama —my;  anvicchata —follow;  anupadavīṁ —the path;  bhrātīṇāṁ —of your brothers;  bhrātṛ-vatsalāḥ —O you who are very much affectionate to your brothers.
TRANSLATION
O sons of Dakṣa, please hear my words of instruction attentively. You are all very affectionate to your elder brothers, the Haryaśvas. Therefore you should follow their path.
PURPORT
Nārada Muni encouraged Prajāpati Dakṣa’s second group of sons by awakening their natural affinity for their brothers. He urged them to follow their older brothers if they were at all affectionate toward them. Family affection is very strong, and therefore Nārada Muni followed this tactic of reminding them of their family relationship with the Haryaśvas.