CHAPTER THIRTY

The Activities of the Pracetas

TEXT 1
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vidura uvdca
ye tvayabhihita brahman
sutah pracinabarhisah
te rudra-gitena harim
siddhim adpuh pratosya kam

vidurah uvdca— Vidura said; ye—those who; tvaya—by you; abhihitah—
were spoken about; brahman—O brahmana; sutah—sons; pracinabarhisah—
of King Pracinabarhi; te—all of them; rudra-gitena—by the song composed
by Lord Siva; harim—the Lord; siddhim—success; apuh—achieved; pratosya
—having satisfied; kam—what.

TRANSLATION

Vidura inquired from Maitreya: O brahmana, you formerly spoke about
the sons of Pracinabarhi and informed me that they satisfied the Supreme
Personality of Godhead by chanting a song composed by Lord Siva. What
did they achieve in this way?

PURPORT

In the beginning, Maitreya Rgi narrated the activities of the sons of
Pracinabarhi. These sons went beside a great lake, which was like an ocean,
and, fortunately finding Lord Siva, they learned how to satisfy the Su-
preme Personality of Godhead by chanting the songs composed by Lord

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