Text 56] Talks Between Narada and King Pracinabarhi 1439

TEXT 56
UHATT

ented aa ATA ASAT |
damraregere: fe a TAZATT EI

rajovdca
§rutam anviksitam brahman
bhagavan yad abhasata
naitaj jananty upadhyayah
kim na brityur vidur yadi

raja uvadca—the King said; §rutam—was heard; anviksitam—was con-
sidered; brahman—O brahmana; bhagavan—the most powerful; yat— which;
abhdsata—you have spoken; na—not; etat—this; jananti-do know;
upaddhyayah—the teachers of fruitive activities; kim—why; na briiyuh—
they did not instruct; viduh—they understood; yadi—if.

TRANSLATION

The King replied: My dear brahmana, whatever you have said I have
heard with great attention, and, considering all of it, have come to the
conclusion that the acaryas [teachers] who engaged me in fruitive activity
did not know this confidential knowledge. If they were aware of it, why
did they not explain it to me?

PURPORT

Actually the so-called teachers or leaders of material society do not
really know the goal of life. They are described in Bhagavad-gita as
mayayapahrta-jidnah. They appear to be very learned scholars, but actually
the influence of the illusory energy has taken away their knowledge. Real
knowledge means searching out Krsna.

sarvasya caham hrdi sannivisto
mattah smrtir jidnam apohanam ca

vedais ca sarvair aham eva vedyo
vedanta-krd veda-vid eva caham
