इति समभिहितो महाभागवतो भगवतस्त्रिभुवनगुरोरनुशासनमात्मनो
लघुतयावनत शिरोधरो बाढमिति सबहुमानमुवाह ॥२०॥
Å›rÄ«-Å›uka uvÄca
iti samabhihito mahÄ-bhÄgavato bhagavatas tri-bhuvana-guror anuÅ›Äsanam Ätmano laghutayÄvanata-Å›irodharo bÄá¸ham iti sabahu-mÄnam uvÄha
Å›rÄ«-Å›ukaḥ uvÄca - ÅšrÄ« Åšukadeva GosvÄmÄ« said; iti - thus; samabhihitaḥ - completely instructed; mahÄ-bhÄgavataḥ - the great devotee; bhagavataḥ - of the most powerful Lord BrahmÄ; tri-bhuvana - of the three worlds; guroḥ - the spiritual master; anuÅ›Äsanam - the order; Ätmanaḥ - of himself; laghutayÄ - because of inferiority; avanata - bowed down; Å›irodharaḥ - his head; bÄá¸ham - yes, sir; iti - thus; sa-bahu-mÄnam - with great respect; uvÄha - carried out.
ÅšrÄ« Åšukadeva GosvÄmÄ« continued: After thus being fully instructed by Lord BrahmÄ, who is the spiritual master of the three worlds, Priyavrata, his own position being inferior, offered obeisances, accepted the order and carried it out with great respect.
ÅšrÄ« Priyavrata was the grandson of Lord BrahmÄ. Therefore according to social etiquette, his position was inferior. It is the duty of the inferior to carry out the order of the superior with great respect. Priyavrata therefore immediately said, “Yes, sir. I shall carry out your order.†Priyavrata is described as a mahÄ-bhÄgavata, a great devotee. The duty of a great devotee is to carry out the order of the spiritual master, or the spiritual master of the spiritual master in the paramparÄ system. As described in Bhagavad-gÄ«tÄ (4.2), evaá¹ paramparÄ prÄptam: one has to receive the instructions of the Supreme Lord through the disciplic chain of spiritual masters. A devotee of the Lord always considers himself a servant of the servant of the servant of the Lord.
