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TEXT 46
sri-narada uvaca
dharmam paramahamsyam vai
muneh srutvasuresvarah
pujayitva tatah prita
amantrya prayayau grham
SYNONYMS
sri-naradah uvacaSri Narada Muni said; dharmamthe occupational duty; paramahamsyamof the paramahamsas, the most perfect human beings; vaiindeed; munehfrom the saintly person; srutvathus hearing; asura-isvarahthe King of the asuras, Prahlada Maharaja; pujayitvaby worshiping the saintly person; tatahthereafter; pritahbeing very pleased; amantryataking permission; prayayauleft that place; grhamfor his home.
TRANSLATION
Narada Muni continued: After Prahlada Maharaja, the King of the demons, heard these instructions from the saint, he understood the occupational duties of a perfect person [paramahamsa]. Thus he duly worshiped the saint, took his permission and then left for his own home.
PURPORT
A guru, or spiritual master, can be anyone who is well conversant with the science of Krsna. Therefore although Prahlada Maharaja was a grhastha ruling over the demons, he was a paramahamsa, the best of human beings, and thus he is our guru. In the list of gurus, or authorities, Prahlada Maharajas name is therefore mentioned:
(Bhag. 6.3.20)
The conclusion is that a paramahamsa is an exalted devotee (bhagavat-priya). Such a paramahamsa may be in any stage of lifebrahmacari, grhastha, vanaprastha or sannyasaand be equally liberated and exalted.
Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the Seventh Canto, Thirteenth Chapter, of the Srimad-Bhagavatam, entitled The Behavior of a Perfect Person.
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