890 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 4, Ch. 22
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RRA TATRA, II 8 I
gauravad yantritah sabhyah
prasrayanata-kandharah
vidhivat pujayaricakre
grhitadhyarhanasanan
gauravat—glories; yantritah—completely; sabhyah—most civilized; pras-
raya—by humbleness; anata-kandharah—bowing down his shoulder; vidhi-
vat—according to the instructions of the Sastra; pijayam—by worshiping;
cakre—performed; grhita—accepting; adhi—including; arhana—parapherna-
lia for reception; asanan—sitting places.
TRANSLATION
When the great sages accepted their reception, according to the instruc-
tions of the sastras, and finally took their seats offered by the King, the
King, influenced by the glories of the sages, immediately bowed down.
Thus he worshiped the four Kumaras.
PURPORT
The four Kumaras are the parampara spiritual masters of the Vaisnava
sampradaya. Out of the four sampradayas, namely Brahma-sampradaya,
Sri-sampradaya, Kumara-sampradaya and Rudra-sampradaya, the disciplic
succession of spiritual master to disciple known as the Kumara-sampradaya
is coming down from the four Kumaras. So Prthu Maharaja was very re-
spectful to the sampradaya-acaryas. As it is said by Srila Visvanatha
Cakravarti Thakura, saksad-dharitvena samasta-sastrair: a spiritual master
or the parampara-acarya should be respected exactly like the Supreme
Personality of Godhead. The word vidhivat is significant in this verse. This
means that Prthu Maharaja also strictly followed the injunctions of the
Sastra in receiving a spiritual master or acarya of the transcendental dis-
ciplic succession. Whenever an acarya is seen, one should immediately bow
down before him. Prthu Maharaja did this properly; therefore the words
used here are prasrayanata-kandharah. Out of humility, he bowed down
before the Kumaras.
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