ते च पित्रा समादिष्टाः प्रजासर्गे धृतव्रताः ।
नारायणसरो जग्मुर्यत्र सिद्धाः स्वपूर्वजाः ॥२५॥

te ca pitrÄ samÄdiṣṭÄḥ
prajÄ-sarge dhá¹›ta-vratÄḥ
nÄrÄyaṇa-saro jagmur
yatra siddhÄḥ sva-pÅ«rvajÄḥ

 te - these sons (the SavalÄÅ›vas); ca - and; pitrÄ - by their father; samÄdiṣṭÄḥ - being ordered; prajÄ-sarge - in increasing progeny or population; dhá¹›ta-vratÄḥ - accepted vows; nÄrÄyaṇa-saraḥ - the holy lake named NÄrÄyaṇa-saras; jagmuḥ - went to; yatra - where; siddhÄḥ - perfected; sva-pÅ«rva-jÄḥ - their older brothers, who had previously gone there.


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In accordance with their father’s order to beget children, the second group of sons also went to NÄrÄyaṇa-saras, the same place where their brothers had previously attained perfection by following the instructions of NÄrada. Undertaking great vows of austerity, the SavalÄÅ›vas remained at that holy place.

Purport

PrajÄpati Daká¹£a sent his second group of sons to the same place where his previous sons had attained perfection. He did not hesitate to send his second group of sons to the same place, although they too might become victims of NÄrada’s instructions. According to the Vedic culture, one should be trained in spiritual understanding as a brahmacÄrÄ« before entering household life to beget children. This is the Vedic system. Thus PrajÄpati Daká¹£a sent his second group of sons for cultural improvement, despite the risk that because of the instructions of NÄrada they might become as intelligent as their older brothers. As a dutiful father, he did not hesitate to allow his sons to receive cultural instructions concerning the perfection of life; he depended upon them to choose whether to return home, back to Godhead, or to rot in this material world in various species of life. In all circumstances, the duty of the father is to give cultural education to his sons, who must later decide which way to go. Responsible fathers should not hinder their sons who are making cultural advancement in association with the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement. This is not a father’s duty. The duty of a father is to give his son complete freedom to make his choice after becoming spiritually advanced by following the instructions of the spiritual master.