गुरुणैवं प्रतिप्रोक्तो भूय आहासुरः सुतम् ।
न चेद्गुरुमुखीयं ते कुतोऽभद्रासती मतिः ॥२९॥
Å›rÄ«-nÄrada uvÄca
guruṇaivaṠpratiprokto
bhÅ«ya ÄhÄsuraḥ sutam
na ced guru-mukhīyaṠte
kuto 'bhadrÄsatÄ« matiḥ
Å›rÄ«-nÄradaḥ uvÄca - NÄrada Muni said; guruá¹‡Ä - by the teacher; evam - thus; pratiproktaḥ - being answered; bhÅ«yaḥ - again; Äha - said; asuraḥ - the great demon, HiraṇyakaÅ›ipu; sutam - unto his son; na - not; cet - if; guru-mukhÄ« - issued from the mouth of your teacher; iyam - this; te - your; kutaḥ - from where; abhadra - O inauspicious one; asatÄ« - very bad; matiḥ - inclination.
ÅšrÄ« NÄrada Muni continued: When HiraṇyakaÅ›ipu received this reply from the teacher, he again addressed his son PrahlÄda. HiraṇyakaÅ›ipu said: You rascal, most fallen of our family, if you have not received this education from your teachers, where have you gotten it?
ÅšrÄ«la ViÅ›vanÄtha CakravartÄ« ṬhÄkura explains that devotional service is actually bhadrÄ satÄ«, not abhadra asatÄ«. In other words, knowledge of devotional service can be neither inauspicious nor contrary to etiquette. To learn devotional service is the duty of everyone. Therefore the spontaneous education of PrahlÄda MahÄrÄja is supported as auspicious and perfect.
