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Nata nartaka gandharbah suta magadha vandinah.
Gayanti cha uttamasloka charitani adbhutani cha.
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Nata—dramaticians, Nartaka—dancers, Gandharbah—celestial singers, Suta—professional historians, Magadha—professional genealogists, Vandinah—professional-learned speakers, Gayanti—all ejaculating, Cha—respectively, Uttamasloka—the supreme Lord, Charitani—activities, Adbhutani—all super humanly, Cha—and.
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Expert dramaticians, artists, dancers, singers, professional historians, professional genealogists, professional learned speakers, all of them ejaculating their respective demonstrations began to act on the superhuman pastimes of the Lord and thus began to proceed on and on.
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It appears that 5000 thousands of years before also the society needed the service of the dramaticians, artists, dancers, singers, historians, genealogist, public speakers etc. Dancers, singers and dramatical artists mostly hailed from the Sudra community whereas the learned historians, genealogists and public speakers hailed from the Brahmin community. All of them belonged to a particular caste like that and they become so trained up in the respective families. Such dramaticians, dancers, singers, historians, genealogists and public speakers would dwel on the subject matter of the Lord's superhuman activities at different ages and milleniums and not on ordinary events, neither they were in chronological order. All the puranas are historical facts described only in relation with the Supreme Lord at different ages and times as well as at different planets also. Therefore, we do not find there any chronological order. The modern historians, therefore, cannot catch up the link and thus unauthoritatively pass on remarks that Puranas are all imaginary stories only.
#$p#100 years before even in India all dramatical performances were centered round the superhuman activities of the Supreme Lord. The common people would be verily entertained by the performances of dramas and Jatra parties playing wonderfully on the superhuman activities of the Lord and thus even the illiterate agriculturist would be participants in the knowledge of Vedic literature even though there was considerable lack of academic qualifications. Therefore, expert players in drama, dancers, singers, speakers etc. are required for spiritual enlightenment of the common man. The genealogists would give account completely of the descendants of a particular family. Even at the present moment the guides in the pilgrimages of India would submit a complete account of genealogical table before a newcommer. This wonderful act by the guides sometimes attracts more customers for receiving such important informations.
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#i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=naṭa&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#naṭa#/i# — dramatists; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=nartaka&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#nartaka#/i# — dancers; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=gandharvāḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#gandharvāḥ#/i# — celestial singers; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=sūta&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#sūta#/i# — professional historians; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=māgadha&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#māgadha#/i# — professional genealogists; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=vandinaḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#vandinaḥ#/i# — professional learned speakers; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=gāyanti&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#gāyanti#/i# — chant; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=ca&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#ca#/i# — respectively; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=uttamaśloka&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#uttamaśloka#/i# — the Supreme Lord; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=caritāni&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#caritāni#/i# — activities; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=adbhutāni&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#adbhutāni#/i# — all superhuman; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=ca&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#ca#/i# — and.
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Expert dramatists, artists, dancers, singers, historians, genealogists and learned speakers all gave their respective contributions, being inspired by the superhuman pastimes of the Lord. Thus they proceeded on and on.
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It appears that five thousand years ago the society also needed the services of the dramatists, artists, dancers, singers, historians, genealogists, public speakers, etc. Dancers, singers and dramatic artists mostly hailed from the #i#śūdra#/i# community, whereas the learned historians, genealogists and public speakers hailed from the #i#brāhmaṇa#/i# community. All of them belonged to a particular caste, and they became so trained in their respective families. Such dramatists, dancers, singers, historians, genealogists and public speakers would dwell on the subject of the Lord's superhuman activities in different ages and millenniums, and not on ordinary events. Nor were they in chronological order. All the #i#Purāṇas#/i# are historical facts described only in relation with the Supreme Lord in different ages and times as well as on different planets also. Therefore, we do not find any chronological order. The modern historians, therefore, cannot catch up the link, and thus they unauthoritatively remark that the #i#Purāṇas#/i# are all imaginary stories only.
#$p#Even one hundred years ago in India, all dramatic performances were centered around the superhuman activities of the Supreme Lord. The common people would be verily entertained by the performances of dramas, and #i#yātrā#/i# parties played wonderfully on the superhuman activities of the Lord, and thus even the illiterate agriculturist would be a participant in the knowledge of Vedic literature, despite a considerable lack of academic qualifications. Therefore, expert players in drama, dancers, singers, speakers, etc., are required for the spiritual enlightenment of the common man. The genealogists would give account completely of the descendants of a particular family. Even at the present moment the guides in the pilgrimage sites of India submit a complete account of genealogical tables before a newcomer. This wonderful act sometimes attracts more customers to receive such important information.
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