SB 7.13.46
TEXT 46
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TEXT
श्रीनारद उवाच
धर्मं पारमहंस्यं वै मुनेः श्रुत्वासुरेश्वरः । पूजयित्वा ततः प्रीत आमन्त्र्य प्रययौ गृहम् ॥ ४६ ॥ sri-narada uvaca
dharmam paramahamsyam vai
muneh srutvasuresvarah
pujayitva tatah prita
amantrya prayayau grham
sri-naradah uvaca-Sri Narada Muni said; dharmam-the occupational duty; paramahamsyam-of the paramahamsas, the most perfect human beings; vai-indeed; muneh-from the saintly person; srutva-thus hearing; asura-isvarah-the King of the asuras, Prahlada Maharaja; pujayitva-by worshiping the saintly person; tatah-thereafter; pritah-being very pleased; amantrya-taking permission; prayayau-left that place; grham-for 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
kiba vipra, kiba nyasi, sudra kene naya
yei krsna-tattva-vetta sei 'guru' haya 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 Maharaja's name is therefore mentioned:
svayambhur naradah sambhuh
kumarah kapilo manuh prahlado janako bhismo balir vaiyasakir vayam (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 life-brahmacari, grhastha, vanaprastha or sannyasa-and 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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