Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 5.9.8

pitary uparate bhrātara enam atat-prabhāva-vidas trayyām vidyāyām eva paryavasita-matayo na para-vidyāyām jada-matir iti bhrātur anuśāsana-nirbandhān nyavritsanta

SYNONYMS

pitari uparate — after the death of the father; bhrātarah — the stepbrothers; enam — unto this Bharata (Jada Bharata); a-tat-prabhāva-vidah — without understanding his exalted position; trayyām — of the three Vedas; vidyāyām — in the matter of material ritualistic knowledge; eva — indeed; paryavasita — settled; matayah — whose minds; na — not; para-vidyāyām — in the transcendental knowledge of spiritual life (devotional service); jada-matih — most dull intelligence; iti — thus; bhrātuh — their brother (Jada Bharata); anuśāsana-nirbandhāt — from the endeavor to teach; nyavritsanta — stopped.

TRANSLATION

After the father died, the nine stepbrothers of Jada Bharata, who considered Jada Bharata dull and brainless, abandoned the father's attempt to give Jada Bharata a complete education. The stepbrothers of Jada Bharata were learned in the three Vedas — the Rig Veda, Sāma Veda and Yajur Veda — which very much encourage fruitive activity. The nine brothers were not at all spiritually enlightened in devotional service to the Lord. Consequently they could not understand the highly exalted position of Jada Bharata.

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