CHAPTER FOUR
Appearance of Sri Narada
TEXT 1
ara Jara
fa ani dere arta char |
ag: goala: ataera: TrRIsAT | 2 UI
vydsa uvaca
iti bruvanam 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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