Text 6] The Perfect Society: Four Social Classes 27
$ri-nadrada uvdca
natva bhagavate ‘jaya
lokandm dharma-setave
vaksye sanatanam dharmam
narayana-mukhac chrutam
sri-naéradah uvaca—Sri Narada Muni said; natvad—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
TisadateasaT TAIT T AT: |
HA ATISHUET TT TATA U1 & II
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
