Text 25] Prahlada, the Best Among Exalted Devotees 309

Sri-ndrada uvdaca
prahrédo "pi tatha cakre
pitur yat samparayikam
yathaha bhagavan rajann
abhisikto dvyatibhih

Sri-ndradah uvaéca—Narada Muni said; prahraddah—Prahlada
Maharaja; api—also; tatha—in that way; cakre—executed; pituh—of
his father; yat—whatever; sampardyikam—ritualistic ceremonies per-
formed after death; yatha—even as; dha—order; bhagavan—the
Supreme Personality of Godhead; rajan—O King Yudhisthira;
abhisiktah—he was enthroned in the kingdom; dvi-jatibhih—by the

brahmanas present.

TRANSLATION

Sri Narada Muni continued: Thus, as the Supreme Personality
of Godhead ordered, Prahlada Maharaja performed the ritualistic
ceremonies for his father. O King Yudhisthira, he was then en-
throned in the kingdom of Hiranyakasipu, as directed by the
brahmanas.

PURPORT

It is essential that society be divided into four groups of men—
brahmanas, ksatriyas, vaisyas and Sidras. Here we see that although
Prahlada was perfect in every respect, he nonetheless followed the in-
structions of the brahmanas who performed the Vedic rituals. Therefore
in society there must be a very intelligent class of leaders who are well
versed in the Vedic knowledge so that they can guide the entire populace
to follow the Vedic principles and thus gradually become most perfect
and eligible to return home, back to Godhead.

TEXT 25

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prasdda-sumukham drstva
brahma naraharim harim
