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TEXT 32
maitreya uvaca
ity anukrosa-hrdayo
bhagavan aha tan chivah
baddhanjalin raja-putran
narayana-paro vacah
SYNONYMS
maitreyah uvacathe great saint Maitreya continued to speak; itithus; anukrosa-hrdayahvery kindhearted; bhagavanthe lord; ahasaid; tanunto the Pracetas; sivahLord Siva; baddha-anjalinwho were standing with folded hands; raja-putranthe sons of the King; narayana-parahLord Siva, the great devotee of Narayana; vacahwords.
TRANSLATION
The great sage Maitreya continued: Out of his causeless mercy, the exalted personality Lord Siva, a great devotee of Lord Narayana, continued to speak to the Kings sons, who were standing with folded hands.
PURPORT
Lord Siva voluntarily came to bless the sons of the King as well as do something beneficial for them. He personally chanted the mantra so that the mantra would be more powerful, and he advised that the mantra be chanted by the Kings sons (raja-putras). When a mantra is chanted by a great devotee, the mantra becomes more powerful. Although the Hare Krsna maha-mantra is powerful in itself, a disciple upon initiation receives the mantra from his spiritual master, for when the mantra is chanted by the spiritual master, it becomes more powerful. Lord Siva advised the sons of the King to hear him attentively, for inattentive hearing is offensive.
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