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Canto 4 · Ch 30 · SB 4.30.1 · Para 1/2

The Activities of the Pracetas

SB 4.30.1
Text
ivdur ovac
vidura uvāca
ye tvayābhihitā brahman
sutāḥ prācīnabarhiṣaḥ
te rudra-gītena hariṁ
siddhim āpuḥ pratoṣya kām
Synonyms

viduraḥ uvāca-Vidura said; ye-those who; tvayā-by you; abhihitāḥ-were spoken about; brahman-O brāhmaṇa; sutāḥ-sons; prācīnabarhiṣaḥ-of King Prācīnabarhi; te-all of them; rudra-gītena-by the song composed by Lord Śiva; harim-the Lord; siddhim-success; āpuḥ-achieved; pratoṣya-having satisfied; kām-what.

Translation

Vidura inquired from Maitreya: O brāhmaṇa, you formerly spoke about the sons of Prācīnabarhi and informed me that they satisfied the Supreme Personality of Godhead by chanting a song composed by Lord Śiva. What did they achieve in this way?

Purport

In the beginning, Maitreya Ṛṣi narrated the activities of the sons of Prācīnabarhi. These sons went beside a great lake, which was like an ocean, and fortunately finding Lord Śiva, they learned how to satisfy the Supreme