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TEXT 1
sri-suka uvaca
nabhago nabhagapatyam
yam tatam bhratarah kavim
yavistham vyabhajan dayam
brahmacarinam agatam
SYNONYMS
sri-sukah uvacaSri Sukadeva Gosvami said; nabhagahNabhaga; nabhaga-apatyamwas the son of Maharaja Nabhaga; yamunto whom; tatamthe father; bhratarahthe elder brothers; kavimthe learned; yavisthamthe youngest; vyabhajandivided; dayamthe property; brahmacarinamhaving accepted the life of a brahmacari perpetually (naisthika); agatamreturned.
TRANSLATION
Sukadeva Gosvami said: The son of Nabhaga named Nabhaga lived for a long time at the place of his spiritual master. Therefore, his brothers thought that he was not going to become a grhastha and would not return. Consequently, without providing a share for him, they divided the property of their father among themselves. When Nabhaga returned from the place of his spiritual master, they gave him their father as his share.
PURPORT
There are two kinds of brahmacaris. One may return home, marry and become a householder, whereas the other, known as brhad-vrata, takes a vow to remain a brahmacari perpetually. The brhad-vrata brahmacari does not return from the place of the spiritual master; he stays there, and later he directly takes sannyasa. Because Nabhaga did not return from the place of his spiritual master, his brothers thought that he had taken brhadvrata-brahmacarya. Therefore, they did not preserve his share, and when he returned they gave him their father as his share.
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