SB 4.12.23
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 23
- sunanda-nandāv ūcatuḥ
- bho bho rājan subhadraṁ te
- vācaṁ no 'vahitaḥ śṛṇu
- yaḥ pañca-varṣas tapasā
- bhavān devam atītṛpat
SYNONYMS
sunanda-nandau ūcatuḥ — Sunanda and Nanda said; bhoḥ bhoḥ rājan — O dear King; su-bhadram — good fortune; te — unto you; vācam — words; naḥ — our; avahitaḥ — attentively; śṛṇu — hear; yaḥ — who; pañca-varṣaḥ — five years old; tapasā — by austerity; bhavān — you; devam — the Supreme Personality of Godhead; atītṛpat — greatly satisfied.
TRANSLATION
Nanda and Sunanda, the two confidential associates of Lord Viṣṇu, said: Dear King, let there be all good fortune unto you. Please attentively hear what we shall say. When you were only five years old, you underwent severe austerities, and you thereby greatly satisfied the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
PURPORT
What was possible for Dhruva Mahārāja is possible for anyone. Any five-year-old child can be trained, and within a very short time his life will become successful by realization of Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Unfortunately, this training is lacking all over the world. It is necessary for the leaders of the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement to start educational institutions in different parts of the world to train children, starting at the age of five years. Thus such children will not become hippies or spoiled children of society; rather, they can all become devotees of the Lord. The face of the world will then change automatically.