876 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 4, Ch. 21

who is advanced in knowledge is actually vrddha (jiana-vrddha); one does
not become urddha simply by advancing in age. Vrddhasrayam, a person
who takes shelter of a superior person who is advanced in knowledge, can
acquire all the good qualities of a brahmana and be trained in good behav-
ior. When one actually attains good qualities, becomes grateful for the
mercy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead and takes shelter of a bona
fide spiritual master, he is endowed with all opulence. Such a person is a
brahmana or Vaisnava. Therefore Prthu Maharaja invokes the blessings and
mercy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, with His associates, devo-
tees, Vaisnavas, brahmanas and cows.

TEXT 45
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maitreya uvaca
iti bruvanam nr-patim
pitr-deva-dvijatayah
tustuvur hrsta-manasah
sadhu-vadena sadhavah

maitreyah uvaca—the great sage Maitreya continued to-speak; iti—thus;
bruvanam—while speaking; nr-patim—the King; pitr—the denizens of Pitr-
loka; deva—the demigods; dvijatayah—and the twice-born (the brahmanas
and the Vaisnavas); tustuvuh—satisfied; hrsta-manasah—greatly pacified in
mind; sadhu-vadena—by expressing congratulations; sadhavah—all the
saintly persons present.

TRANSLATION

The great sage Maitreya said: After hearing King Prthu speak so nicely,
all the demigods, the denizens of Pitrloka, the brahmanas and the saintly
persons present at the meeting congratulated him by expressing their

good will.
PURPORT

When a person speaks very nicely at a meeting, he is congratulated by
the audience, who express their good will with the words sadhu, sadhu.
This is called sadhu-vada. All the saintly persons—Pitas, denizens of Pitrloka
and demigods—who were present in the meeting and heard Prthu Maharaja
expressed their good will with the words sadhu, sadhu. They all accepted
the good mission of Prthu Maharaja, and they were fully satisfied.
