CHAPTER FOUR
Appearance of Sri Narada

TEXT 1

ara Tara
gfe gant dea gaat craromy |
aa: Gauls: aiaera: TtaBIsAATT Il 2 UI

vydsa uvaca
iti bruvdnam samstiiya
muninam dirgha-satrinam
vrddhah kula-patih sitar
bahvurcah gaunako’bravit

vydsah—V yasadeva;uvaca—said; iti—thus; bruvanam—speaking; sarhstiiya
—congratulating; munindm—of the great sages; dirgha—prolonged; satrinam
—of those engaged in the performance of sacrifice; yrddhah—elderly; kula-
patih—head of the assembly; sitam—unto Sita Gosvami; bahu-rcah—
learned; §aunakah—of the name Saunaka; abravit—addressed.

TRANSLATION

On hearing Sita Gosvami speak thus, Saunaka Muni, who was the
elderly, learned leader of all the rsis engaged in that prolonged sacrificial
ceremony, congratulated Sita Gosvami by addressing him as follows.

PURPORT
In a meeting of learned men, when there are congratulations or addresses

for the speaker, the qualifications of the congratulator should be as follows.
He must be the leader of the house and an elderly man. He must be vastly

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