Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 7.10.24

śrī-nārada uvāca

prahrādo 'pi tathā cakre

pitur yat sāmparāyikam

yathāha bhagavān rājann

abhishikto dvijātibhih

SYNONYMS

śrī-nāradah uvāca — Nārada Muni said; prahrādah — Prahlāda Mahārāja; api — also; tathā — in that way; cakre — executed; pituh — of his father; yat — whatever; sāmparāyikam — ritualistic ceremonies performed after death; yathā — even as; āha — order; bhagavān — the Supreme Personality of Godhead; rājan — O King Yudhishthira; abhishiktah — he was enthroned in the kingdom; dvi-jātibhih — by the brāhmanas present.

TRANSLATION

Śrī Nārada Muni continued: Thus, as the Supreme Personality of Godhead ordered, Prahlāda Mahārāja performed the ritualistic ceremonies for his father. O King Yudhishthira, he was then enthroned in the kingdom of Hiranyakaśipu, as directed by the brāhmanas.

PURPORT

It is essential that society be divided into four groups of men — brāhmanas, kshatriyas, vaiśyas and śūdras. Here we see that although Prahlāda was perfect in every respect, he nonetheless followed the instructions of the brāhmanas who performed the Vedic rituals. Therefore in society there must be a very intelligent class of leaders who are well versed in the Vedic knowledge so that they can guide the entire populace to follow the Vedic principles and thus gradually become most perfect and eligible to return home, back to Godhead.

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