Text 30] Appearance of Sri Narada 217
dhrta-vratena hi maya
chandamsi guravo ‘gnayah
manita nirvyalikena
grhitarh canusdsanam
bharata-vyapadesena
hy @mnayarthas ca pradarsitah
drsyate yatra dharmadi
stri-sidradibhir apy uta
dhrta-vratena—under a strict disciplinary vow; hi—certainly; maya—by
me; chandamsi—the Vedic hymns; guravah—the spiritual masters; agnayah
—the sacrificial fire; ma@nitah—properly worshiped; nirvyalikena—without
pretense; grhitam ca—also accepted; anusasanam—traditional discipline;
bharata—the Mahabharata; vyapadegena—by compilation of; hi—certainly;
amnaya-arthah—import of disciplic succession; ca—and; pradarsitah—proper-
ly explained; drsvate—by what is necessary ; yatra— where; dharma-adth—the
path of religion; stri-sidra-adibhih api—even by women, siidras, etc.; uta—
spoken.
TRANSLATION
I have, under strict disciplinary vows, unpretentiously worshiped the
Vedas, the spiritual master and the altar of sacrifice. I have also abided by
the rulings and have shown the import of disciplic succession through the
explanation of the Mahabharata by which even women, siidras and others
[friends of the twice-born] can see the path of religion.
PURPORT
No one can understand the import of the Vedas without having under-
gone a strict disciplinary vow and disciplic succession. The Vedas, spiritual
masters and sacrificial fire must be worshiped by the desiring candidate.
All these intricacies of Vedic knowledge are systematically presented in the
Mahabharata for the understanding of the women class, laborer class and
the unqualified members of brahmana, ksatriya or vaisya families. In this
age, the Mahabharata is more essential than the original Vedas.
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