While walking on the park, you see so many people unnecessarily sleeping. Not only in the park, in apartment also. Might be night-keeping, for unnecessary engagement, but according to the Vedic system everyone should rise early in the morning before four o'clock. In India there is regular seasons also. Not like this country, that during summer the night begins at half-past ten and in the winter the morning begins at half-past ten, here. But in India, regularly the sun rises in the morning round about five, regularly, either in the winter season or in the summer season, round about five. Maybe half an hour, one hour difference. Not one hour; half an hour.
So the Indian public still, even they are not very educated, because the culture is there in, especially in the villages, they rise early in the morning and take bath. They go to the field for easing themselves, and after doing that they take bath either in the river or in the well. In the villages there is no tap water, and by nature in the morning either the river or the well water is very warm. With the advance of day, it becomes cooler, but early in the morning, those who are accustomed to take bath early in the morning, and because India is tropical country, it is not so cold. So that is the system. And after taking bath, in the temple there will be maṅgala-ārati and other ceremonies. One of the ceremonies is this prātar huta-hutāgnayaḥ, holding the fire ceremony.
So munayaḥ, ṛṣaya. Here it is said then, ta ekadā tu munayaḥ. They were . . . munayaḥ, generally they are high caste, brāhmin. So regularly this principle was being observed, and the speaker, Sūta Gosvāmī, was given with due respect the vyāsāsana. Here it is said sat-kṛtaṁ. Sat-kṛtaṁ means "with due respect." With the welcoming, receiving, sat-kṛtaṁ sūkham āsīnaṁ. The speaker must sit very comfortably, sukham āsīnaṁ. Sukham means happiness. He should not feel any inconvenience; then the speaking will go on nicely. Sat-kṛtaṁ sutam āsīnaṁ papracchur.
Then the question: idam ādarāt. The question should be put not by challenging; by ādarāt: "With great adoration, I beg to submit. This is my question." "Can you tell me like this?" No, that is challenge. Very submissively. Tad viddhi praṇipātena (BG 4.34). The question should be put by surrender. If somebody challenges, he will never be able to understand. The question asked should be very submissive.
Here it is also said ādarāt. We will find, Arjuna was questioning Kṛṣṇa, and at the end, "I have heard like this. If you think that I am fit to understand it, you can please explain." Similarly, Parīkṣit Mahārāja also asking submissively, "If you think I can understand, then please explain." This is the process of questioning. No challenge.