Text 10] The Activities of the Pracetas 1497

ye tu mam rudra-gitena
sayam pratah samahitah
stuvanty aham kama-varan
dasye prajiam ca Sobhanam

ye—those persons who; tu—but; mdm—unto Me; rudra-gitena—by the
song sung by Lord Siva; sayam—in the evening; prétah—in the morning;
samahitah—being attentive; stuvanti—offer prayers; aham—1; kama-varan—
all benedictions to fulfill desires; dasye—shall award ; prajndm-— intelligence;
ca—also; §obhanaém—transcendental.

TRANSLATION

Those who will offer Me the prayers composed by Lord Siva, both in
the morning and in the evening, will be given benedictions by Me. In this
way they can both fulfill their desires and attain good intelligence.

PURPORT

Good intelligence means going back home, back to Godhead. This is
confirmed in Bhagavad-gita:

tesam satata-yuktanam
bhajatam priti-piirvakam

dadami buddhi-yogam tam
yena mam upayanti te

“To those who are constantly devoted and worship Me with love, I give
the understanding by which they can come to Me.” (Bg. 10.10)

One who offers prayers to the Lord to fulfill his different desires must
know that the highest perfectional fulfillment of desire is to go back home,
back to Godhead. In this verse it is indicated that those who remember the
activities of the Pracetas, the sons of King Pracinabarhisat, will be delivered
and benedicted. So what to speak of the sons of King Pracinabarhisat, who
are directly connected with the Supreme Personality of Godhead? This is
the way of the parampara system. If we follow the @caryas, we attain the
same benefit as our predecessors. If one follows the decisions of Arjuna, he
should be considered to be directly hearing Bhagavad-gitd from the Supreme
Personality of Godhead. There is no difference between hearing Bhagavad-
gita directly from the Supreme Lord and following a personality like
Arjuna, who formerly heard Bhagavad-gita directly from the Lord. Some-
times foolish people argue that since Krsna is not present at the moment,
