1062 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 4, Ch. 24

maitreya uvdca
ity anukrosa-hrdayo
bhagavan cha tan chivah
baddhanijalin raja-putran
narayana-paro vacah

maitreyah uvaca—the great saint Maitreya continued to speak; iti— thus;
anukrosa-hrdayah—very kindhearted; bhagavan—the lord; agha—said; tan—
unto the Pracetas; sivah—Lord Siva; baddha-aiijalin—who were standing
with folded hands; raja-putran—the sons of the king; narayana-parah— Lord
Siva, the great devotee of Narayana; vacah—words.

TRANSLATION

The great sage Maitreya continued: Out of his causeless mercy, the
exalted personality, Lord Siva, a great devotee of Lord Narayana, con-
tinued to speak to the King’s sons, who were standing with folded hands.

PURPORT

Lord Siva voluntarily came to benedict the sons of the King as well as
do something beneficial for them. He personally chanted the mantra so
that the mantra would be more powerful, and he advised that the mantra
be chanted by the King’s sons (raja-putras). When a mantra is chanted by
a great devotee, the mantra becomes more powerful. Although the Hare
Krsna maha-mantra is powerful in itself, a disciple upon initiation receives
the mantra from his spiritual master, for when the mantra is chanted by
the spiritual master, it becomes more powerful. Lord Siva advised the sons
of the King to hear him attentively, for inattentive hearing is offensive.

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MANTA WS AAT AAA AA: 112.31

§ri-rudra uvaca
jitam ta dtma-vid-varya-
svastaye svastir astu me
bhavatadradhasa raddham
sarvatma adtmane namah
