Text 25] —_ Praise of King Prthu by the Professional Reciters 663
esa sva-sadmopavane sametya
sanat-kumaram bhagavantam ekam
! aradhya bhaktyalabhatamalam taj—
jidnam yato brahma param vidanti

esah—this King; sva-sadma—of his palace; upavane—in the garden;
sametya—meeting; sanat-kumdram—Sanat-kumara; bhagavantam—the wor-
shipable; ekam—alone; araddhya—worshiping; bhaktya—with devotion;
alabhata—he will achieve; amalam—without contamination; tat—that;
jidnam—transcendental knowledge; yatah—by which; brahma-—spirit;
param—supreme, transcendental; vidanti—they enjoy, they know.

TRANSLATION

This King Prthu will meet Sanat-kumara, one of the four Kumaras, in
the garden of his palace compound. The King will worship him with devo-
tion and will be fortunate to receive instructions by which one can enjoy
transcendental bliss.

PURPORT

The word vidanti refers to one who knows something or enjoys some-
thing. When a person is properly instructed by a spiritual master and under-
stands transcendental bliss, he enjoys life. As stated in Bhagavad-gita:

brahma-bhitah prasannatma
na Socatina kanksati
samah sarvesu bhitesu
mad-bhaktim labhate param
“One who is thus transcendentally situated at once realizes the Supreme
Brahman. He never laments nor desires to have anything; he is equally dis-
posed to every living entity. In that state he attains pure devotional service
unto Me.” (Bg. 18.54)

When one attains to the Brahman platform, he neither hankers nor
laments. He actually partakes of transcendental blissful enjoyment. Al-
though King Prthu was an incarnation of Vigsnu, he nonetheless taught the
people in his kingdom to take instructions from a spiritual master who
represents the disciplic succession. ‘Thus one can become fortunate and
enjoy a blissful life even within this material world. In this verse the verb
vidanti is sometimes taken to mean “understanding.” ‘Thus when a person
understands Brahman, or the supreme source of everything, he enjoys a
blissful life.
