Shloka 30
Nārada Instructs Dakṣa’s Sons; Allegory of the World; Dakṣa Curses Nārada
दाक्षायणा: संशृणुत गदतो निगमं मम । अन्विच्छतानुपदवीं भ्रातृणां भ्रातृवत्सला: ॥ ३० ॥
dākṣāyaṇāḥ saṁśṛṇuta gadato nigamaṁ mama anvicchatānupadavīṁ bhrātṝṇāṁ bhrātṛ-vatsalāḥ
اے دکش کے بیٹو، میری نصیحت بھری باتیں توجہ سے سنو۔ تم اپنے بڑے بھائی ہریشَوَس سے بہت محبت رکھتے ہو؛ اس لیے انہی کے راستے کی پیروی کرو۔
Nārada Muni encouraged Prajāpati Dakṣa’s second group of sons by awakening their natural affinity for their brothers. He urged them to follow their older brothers if they were at all affectionate toward them. Family affection is very strong, and therefore Nārada Muni followed this tactic of reminding them of their family relationship with the Haryaśvas. Generally the word nigama refers to the Vedas, but here nigama refers to the instructions contained in the Vedas. Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam says, nigama-kalpa-taror galitaṁ phalam: the Vedic instructions are like a tree, of which Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam is the ripened fruit. Nārada Muni is engaged in distributing this fruit, and therefore he instructed Vyāsadeva to write this Mahā-purāṇa, Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, for the benefit of ignorant human society.
FAQs
This verse urges Daksha’s sons to follow the same spiritual path their brothers pursued—showing that progress in bhakti is strengthened by tracing the footsteps of those who have already chosen devotion and renunciation.
Narada addresses them as brother-affectionate and directs them to seek the same course taken by their elder brothers, who had already been inspired toward renunciation—guiding them toward the Bhagavata’s Vedic conclusion.
Choose a proven devotional routine (hearing, chanting, serving) under authentic guidance, and stay consistent by learning from sincere practitioners who are already walking that path.