SB 3.8.7
TEXT 7
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TEXT
प्रोक्तं किलैतद्भगवत्तमेन निवृत्तिधर्माभिरताय तेन ।
सनत्कुमाराय स चाह पृष्टः साङ्ख्यायनायाङ्ग धृतव्रताय ॥ ७ ॥ proktam kilaitad bhagavattamena
nivrtti-dharmabhirataya tena
sanat-kumaraya sa caha prstah
saṅkhyayanayaṅga dhrtavrataya
proktam-was said; kila-certainly; etat-this; bhagavattameha-by Lord Saṅkarsana; nivrtti-renunciation; dharma-abhirataya-unto one who has taken this religious vow; tena-unto him; sanat-kumaraya-unto Sanat-Kumara; sah-he; ca-also; aha-said; prstah-when inquired of; saṅkhyayanaya-unto the great sage Saṅkhyayana; aṅga-my dear Vidura; dhrtavrataya-unto one who has taken such a vow.
TRANSLATION
Lord Saṅkarsana thus spoke the purport of Srimad-Bhagavatam to the great sage Sanat-kumara, who had already taken the vow of renunciation. Sanat-kumara also, in his turn, when inquired of by Saṅkhyayana Muni, explained Srimad-Bhagavatam as he had heard it from Saṅkarsana.
PURPORT
This is the way of the parampara system. Although Sanat-kumara, the well-known great saintly kumara, was in the perfect stage of life, still he heard the message of Srimad-Bhagavatam from Lord Saṅkarsana. Similarly, when he was questioned by Saṅkhyayana Rsi, he spoke to him the same message which he heard from Lord Saṅkarsana. In other words, unless one hears from the proper authority one cannot become a preacher. In devotional service, therefore, two items out of the nine, namely hearing and chanting, are most important. Without hearing nicely, one cannot preach the message of Vedic knowledge.
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