Text 6] The Perfect Society: Four Social Classes 27

$ri-nadrada uvdca
natva bhagavate ‘jaya
lokanam dharma-setave
vaksye sanatanam dharmam
narayana-mukhac chrutam

sri-ndradah uvaca—Sri Narada Muni said; natvé—offering my obei-
sances; bhagavate—unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead; ajaya—
ever existing, never born; lokdndm—throughout the entire universe;
dharma-setave—who protects religious principles; vaksye—I shall ex-
plain; sanatanam—eternal; dharmam—occupational duty; ndrayana-
mukhat—from the mouth of Narayana; srutam—which I have heard.

TRANSLATION

Sri Narada Muni said: After first offering my obeisances unto
Lord Krsna, the protector of the religious principles of all living
entities, let me explain the principles of the eternal religious
system, of which I have heard from the mouth of Narayana.

PURPORT
The word aja refers to Krsna, who explains in Bhagavad-gita (4.6),

ajo ‘pi sann avyayatma: “I am ever existing, and thus I never take birth.
There is no change in My existence.”

TEXT 6

TsaHaAAaS Ar TATA | VA: |
WRTA ARIS TT TAHA 11 & 1

yo ’vatiryatmano ‘thsena
daksdyanyam tu dharmatah

lokanam svastaye ‘dhydste
tapo badarikasrame

yah—He who (Lord Narayana); avatirya—adventing; atmanah—of
Himself; arasena—with a part (Nara); dakséyanyam—in the womb of
