SB 4.12.23
TEXT 23
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TEXT
सुनन्दनन्दावूचतुः भो भो राजन्सुभद्रं ते ।
वाचं नो ऽवहितः शृणु यः पञ्चवर्षस्तपसा । भवान्देवमतीतृपत् ॥ २३ ॥ sunanda-nandav ūcatuḥ
bho bho rajan subhadram te
vacam no 'vahitaḥ srnu
yaḥ panca-varsas tapasa
bhavan devam atitrpat
sunanda-nandau ūcatuḥ-Sunanda and Nanda said; bhoḥ bhoḥ rajan-O dear King; su-bhadram-good fortune; te-unto you; vacam-words; naḥ-our; avahitaḥ-attentively; srnu-hear; yaḥ-who; panca-varsaḥ-five years old; tapasa-by austerity; bhavan-yourself; devam-the Supreme Personality of Godhead; atitrpat-greatly satisfied.
TRANSLATION
The two confidential associates of Lord Visnu, Nanda and Sunanda, said: Dear King, let there be all good fortune unto you. Please attentively hear what we shall say. When you were only five years old, you underwent severe austerities, and you thereby greatly satisfied the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
PURPORT
What was possible for Dhruva Maharaja is possible for anyone. Any five-year-old child can be trained, and within a very short time his life will become successful by realization of Krsna consciousness. Unfortunately, this training is lacking all over the world. It is necessary for the leaders of the Krsna consciousness movement to start educational institutions in different parts of the world to train children, starting at the age of five years. Thus such children will not become hippies or spoiled children of society, but they can all become devotees of the Lord. The face of the world will then change automatically.
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