Prahlāda Mahārāja is advising that dharmān bhāgavatān. Bhāgavatān means . . . Bhāgavata means pertaining to Bhagavān. And Bhagavān means to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. So bhāgavata is the adjective form of the noun word Bhagavān. Bhaga, real form of the word is bhagavat. Bhagavat. Vat means possessing, and bhaga means opulences.
One who possess all the opulences, He's called bhagavat. And from bhagavat this word has come, bhāgavata. So bhāgavata means pertaining to God and His devotees. That is called bhāgavata. Just like this book is called Bhāgavata because it deals only with the subject matter of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, nothing more. Bās. Therefore it is called Bhāgavata. And you'll find description in this book, the dealings between Bhagavān, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and His devotees.
So there are two kinds of bhāgavatam: the devotee bhāgavatam and the book Bhāgavatam. And Prahlāda Mahārāja advises that from the very childhood, if one is very intelligent then his duty is kaumāra ācaret prājño dharmān bhāgavatān iha (SB 7.6.1): one should engage himself in the execution of the duties, occupational duties, in relationship with devotees and the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
Thank you very much.
If there is any question? Any question? Hmm?
Devotee: How old was Prahlāda Mahārāja when . . . (indistinct) . . .? How old was Prahlāda Mahārāja?
Prabhupāda: Oh, Prahlāda Mahārāja was five years old only.
Devotee: Then how did . . . (indistinct) . . . hear from Vyāsadeva?
Prabhupāda: He learned this bhāgavata-dharma from the womb of his mother. His mother was instructed . . . his mother, when she was pregnant, she was arrested by the enemies of her husband, and Nārada Ṛṣi saved her, and he took the girl, pregnant girl, at his āśrama and kept her. And as it is the practice of saintly persons to instruct about God, so he was instructing, and Prahlāda Mahārāja was hearing from the womb of mother.
Yes?
Devotee: (indistinct) . . . Manu was on this planet. Now he's not?
Prabhupāda: Yes. Manu . . . Manu's son, Ikṣvāku, was in this planet, but Manu may be in another planet. Just like Manu's father, the sun, sun-god, Vivasvān, he is in the other planet. Similarly, the population of every planet has increased from one planet to another, like that. So Manu's son, Ikṣvāku, he happened to be in this planet.
Devotee: You said Prahlāda Mahārāja, he heard Nārada Muni speaking in the womb . . . (indistinct) . . . hear you speaking?
Prabhupāda: Certainly. (laughter)
Prabhupāda: Why not Haimāvatī's child? Even a lizard is here in this room, he is also hearing. This is transcendental sound. Just like there was a sound, everyone's attention was diverted there. So sound is so penetrating. Sound is the origin of creation. So this is transcendental sound. It penetrates everyone's heart. Because everyone is spiritual being. That is the specific significance of sound vibration.
It is said in the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, ahaituky apratihatā (SB 1.2.6).
This spiritual cultivation cannot be checked by any material impediment. Because the child is packed within the womb, within the belly, under the shackles of intestines and so miserable condition . . . in the belly or the abdomen of the mother, the child remains in a very miserable condition. Because the consciousness is not developed.
But as soon as the consciousness is developed at the age of seven months, the child wants to come out. Therefore it moves. If it is male child, then it moves toward the right side. If it is female child, then it moves to the left side. So these are description in the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. So by the movement of the child you can understand whether it is male or female.
So this transcendental sound is not checked by any material condition. Therefore it reaches. Therefore it is confirmed in the Bhagavad-gītā that śucīnāṁ śrīmatāṁ gehe yoga-bhraṣṭo'bhijāyate (BG 6.41).
One who cannot execute the full course of yoga system, he's given chance to take birth in the family of a pious man or a rich man. So, as you parents, you have taken to Kṛṣṇa consciousness, the child who is coming, he's not an ordinary child. He must have executed in his previous life the yoga siddhi. If you believe Bhagavad-gītā, you have to accept.
Devotee: Is Arjuna described in disciplic succession? I mean . . . (indistinct)
Prabhupāda: Yes.
Devotee: How come the other incarnations are . . . (indistinct)
Prabhupāda: Arjuna is disciple of Kṛṣṇa, that is known. Then what is your next question?
Devotee: Did Kṛṣṇa describe to Arjuna the disciplic succession?
Prabhupāda: Yes. He said that, "I am speaking to you Bhagavad-gītā because you are My devotee, you are My confidential friend." That is the qualification to receive this from disciplic succession. That is the qualification. He, he . . . Arjuna did not go to instruct . . . yes, Kṛṣṇa did not like to instruct the confidential system of yoga to any so-called impersonalist or so-called Vedāntist. Arjuna was ordinary householder. He was, of course, belonging to the royal family. He was a great warrior, that's all, but he did not belong to the brāhmaṇa family or . . .
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. . . any learned scholar. He was a military man. Then why Kṛṣṇa to discuss the mystery of Bhagavad-gītā to him? Because his qualification is accepted by Kṛṣṇa that, "I am speaking to you that old system of Bhagavad-gītā, Arjuna, because you are My devotee and you are My confidential friend."
So we have to become a devotee or we have to establish a transcendental relationship with Kṛṣṇa. Then it is possible to understand what is the mystery of Bhagavad-gītā. Bhagavad-gītā cannot be understood by so-called scholars by academic degrees. One has to become a devotee of Kṛṣṇa. One has to become a friend or some way related with Kṛṣṇa. Then it is possible to understand Bhagavad-gītā. Otherwise it is impossible.