Meanwhile, as their father, Prachinabarhi, was performing various kinds of fruitive activities, the great sage Narada became compassionate, and then appeared before him to impart instructions about spiritual life.
After being properly received by Prachinabarhishat, Narada inquired,
“My dear King, what do you hope to achieve by performing these fruitive activities? The chief aim of life is to get rid of all miseries and enjoy perfect happiness, but this cannot be attained by such fruitive endeavors.”
The King replied,
“O great soul, Narada, because my intelligence is entangled in fruitive activities, I do not know what is the ultimate goal of life. Therefore, kindly instruct me in pure knowledge so that I can get out of the entanglement of household life, wherein one takes wealth and women to be of prime importance.”
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