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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.8.7
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 7
- proktaṁ kilaitad bhagavattamena
- nivṛtti-dharmābhiratāya tena
- sanat-kumārāya sa cāha pṛṣṭaḥ
- sāṅkhyāyanāyāṅga dhṛta-vratāya
proktamwas said — was said; kilacertainly — certainly; etatthis — this; bhagavattamenaby Lord Saṅkarṣaṇa — by Lord Saṅkarṣaṇa; nivṛttirenunciation — renunciation; dharmaunto one who has taken this religious vow-abhiratāyaunto one who has taken this religious vow — unto one who has taken this religious vow; tenaby Him — by Him; sanatunto Sanat-kumāra-kumārāyaunto Sanat-kumāra — unto Sanat-kumāra; saḥhe — he; caalso — also; āhasaid — said; pṛṣṭaḥwhen inquired of — when inquired of; sāṅkhyāyanāyaunto the great sage Sāṅkhyāyana — unto the great sage Sāṅkhyāyana; aṅgamy dear Vidura — my dear Vidura; dhṛtaunto one who has taken such a vow-vratāyaunto one who has taken such a vow — unto one who has taken such a vow.
Lord Saṅkarṣaṇa thus spoke the purport of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam to the great sage Sanat-kumāra, who had already taken the vow of renunciation. Sanat-kumāra also, in his turn, when inquired of by Sāṅkhyāyana Muni, explained Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam as he had heard it from Saṅkarṣaṇa.
This is the way of the paramparā system. Although Sanat-kumāra, the well-known great saintly Kumāra, was in the perfect stage of life, still he heard the message of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam from Lord Saṅkarṣaṇa. Similarly, when he was questioned by Sāṅkhyāyana Ṛṣi, he spoke to him the same message he had heard from Lord Saṅkarṣaṇa. In other words, unless one hears from the proper authority one cannot become a preacher. In devotional service, therefore, two items out of the nine, namely hearing and chanting, are most important. Without hearing nicely, one cannot preach the message of Vedic knowledge.