Text 8] Manifestation of Brahma from Garbhodakaéayi Visnu 309

AAG A We FW:
Mesa Faas lll

proktam kilaitad bhagavattamena
nivrtti-dharmabhirataya tena

sanal-kumaraya sa caha prstah
sankhyayanayanga dhrtavrataya

proktam—was said; kila—certainly ; etat—this; bhagavattamena—by Lord
Sankarsana; nivrtti—renunciation; dharma-abhirataya—unto one who has
taken this religious vow; tena—unto him; sanat-kumaraya—unto Sanat-
Kumara; sah—he; ca—also; dha—said; prstah—when inquired of;
sankhyayanaya—unto the great sage Sankhyayana; anga—my dear Vidura;
dhrtavrataya—unto one who has taken such a vow.

TRANSLATION

Lord Sankarsana thus spoke the purport of Srimad-Bhagavatam to the
great sage Sanat-kumara, who had already taken the vow of renunciation.
Sanat-kumara also, in his turn, when inquired of by Sankhyayana Muni,
explained Srimad-Bhagavatam as he had heard it from Sarikarsana.

PURPORT

This is the way of the parampara system. Although Sanat-kumara, the
well-known greal saintly | cumara, was in the perfect stage of life, still he
heard the message of Srimad-Bhagavatam from Lord Sanikargana. Similarly,
when he was questioned by Sarkhyayana Rsi, he spoke to him the same
message which he heard from Lord Satikarsana. In other words, unless one
hears from the proper authority one cannot become a preacher. In devo-
tional service, therefore, two items out of the nine, namely hearing and
chanting, are most important. Without hearing nicely, one cannot preach
the message of Vedic knowledge.

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