CHAPTER THIRT Y-ONE
Narada Instructs the Pracetas
TEXT 1
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qa saan sraracnitay |
WT AA AMT IST TAT ZETA UN 2 I
maitreya uvaca
tata utpanna-vijiana
asv adhoksaja-bhasitam
smaranta atmaje bharyari
visrjya pravrajan grhat
maitreyaht uvaca—Maitreya said; tatah—thereafter; utpanna—developed;
vijidnah— possessing perfect knowledge; a@u—very soon; adhoksaja—by the
Supreme Personality of Godhead; bhdsitam—what was enunciated;
smarantah—remembering; dtma-je—unto their son; bhdryadm—their wife;
visrjya—after giving; pravrajan—left; grhat— from home.
TRANSLATION
The great saint Maitreya continued: After that, the Pracetas lived at
home for thousands of years and developed perfect knowledge in spiritual
consciousness. At last they remembered the blessings of the Supreme
Personality of Godhead and left home, putting their wife in charge of a
perfect son.
PURPORT
After the Pracetas had finished their penances, they were blessed by the
Supreme Personality of Godhead. The Lord blessed them by telling them
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