Text 8] Narada Instructs the Pracetas 1563
Nor did they want the fulfillment of their material desires. They were
simply interested in crossing the ocean of nescience. Everyone should be
interested in getting out of these material clutches. Everyone should ap-
proach a saintly person in order to be enlightened in this connection. One
should not bother a saintly person to get blessings for material enjoyment.
Generally householders receive saintly persons to get their blessings, but
their real aim is to become happy in the material world. Asking such ma-
terial benedictions is not recommended in the Sastras.
TEXT 8
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MAGIA MH AMAT TMT ll < I
maitreya uvaca
itt pracetasam prsto
bhagavan narado munih
bhagavaty uttama-sloka
avistatmabravin nrpan
maitreyah uvaca— Maitreya said; iti—thus; pracetasam—by the Pracetas;
prstah—being asked; bhagavan—the great devotee of the Supreme Personality
of Godhead; ndradah— Narada; munih—very thoughtful; bhagavati—in the
Supreme Personality of Godhead; uttama-sloke—possessing excellent
renown; dvista—absorbed; adtma—whose mind; abravit—replied; nrpdn—to
the Kings.
TRANSLATION
The great sage Maitreya continued: My dear Vidura, being thus peti-
tioned by the Pracetas, the supreme devotee, Narada, who is always ab-
sorbed in thoughts of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, began to reply.
PURPORT
In this verse bhagavan naradah indicates that Narada is always absorbed
in thoughts of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Bhagavaty uttama-
Sloka dvistatma. Narada has no other business than thinking of Krsna,
talking of Krsna and preaching about Krsna; therefore he is sometimes
called bhagavan. Bhagavan means “‘one who possesses all opulences.”” When
a person possesses Bhagavan within his heart, he is also sometimes called
