CHAPTER EIGHT
Questions by King Pariksit

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TiMesTarast

HAM AULA AAT TNSTAS TTS S|
TH AA AM We aAAl Fae: Ul 2 II

rajovaca
brahmana codito brahman
gunakhyane gunasya ca
yasmai yasmai yatha praha
narado deva-darsanah

raja—the King; uvaca—inquired; brahmanad—by Lord Brahma; coditah—
being instructed; brahman—O learned brahmana (Sukadeva Gosvami);
guna-akhyane—in narrating the transcendental qualities; agunasya—of the
Lord, who is without material qualities; ca—and; yasmai yasmai—and
whom; yatha—as much as; praha—explained; naéradah—Narada Muni; deva-
darganah—one whose audience is as good as that of any demigod.

TRANSLATION

King Pariksit inquired from Sukadeva Gosvami: How did Narada
Muni, whose hearers are as fortunate as those instructed by Lord Brahma,
explain the transcendental qualities of the Lord, who is without material
qualities, and before whom did he speak?

PURPORT

Devarsi Narada was directly instructed by Brahmaji, who was also
directly instructed by the Supreme Lord; therefore the instructions im-
parted by Narada to his various disciples are as good as those of the
Supreme Lord. That is the way of understanding Vedic knowledge. It
comes down from the Lord by disciplic succession, and this transcen-
dental knowledge is distributed to the world by this descending process.

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