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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Texts 6.15.12-15

कुमारो नारद ऋभुरङ्गिरा देवलोऽसित: ।

अपान्तरतमा व्यासो मार्कण्डेयोऽथ गौतम: ॥ १२ ॥

वसिष्ठो भगवान् राम: कपिलो बादरायणि: ।

दुर्वासा याज्ञवल्‍क्यश्च जातुकर्णस्तथारुणि: ॥ १३ ॥

रोमशश्‍च्यवनो दत्त आसुरि: सपतञ्जलि: ।

ऋषिर्वेदशिरा धौम्यो मुनि: पञ्चशिखस्तथा ॥ १४ ॥

हिरण्यनाभ: कौशल्य: श्रुतदेव ऋतध्वज: ।

एते परे च सिद्धेशाश्चरन्ति ज्ञानहेतव: ॥ १५ ॥

kumāro nārada ṛbhur

aṅgirā devalo ’sitaḥ

apāntaratamā vyāso

mārkaṇḍeyo ’tha gautamaḥ

vasiṣṭho bhagavān rāmaḥ

kapilo bādarāyaṇiḥ

durvāsā yājñavalkyaś ca

jātukarṇas tathāruṇiḥ

romaśaś cyavano datta

āsuriḥ sapatañjaliḥ

ṛṣir veda-śirā dhaumyo

muniḥ pañcaśikhas tathā

hiraṇyanābhaḥ kauśalyaḥ

śrutadeva ṛtadhvajaḥ

ete pare ca siddheśāś

caranti jñāna-hetavaḥ

Translation

O great souls, I have heard that among the great and perfect persons wandering the surface of the earth to instruct knowledge to people covered by ignorance are Sanat-kumāra, Nārada, Ṛbhu, Aṅgirā, Devala, Asita, Apāntaratamā [Vyāsadeva], Mārkaṇḍeya, Gautama, Vasiṣṭha, Bhagavān Paraśurāma, Kapila, Śukadeva, Durvāsā, Yājñavalkya, Jātukarṇa and Aruṇi. Others are Romaśa, Cyavana, Dattātreya, Āsuri, Patañjali, the great sage Dhaumya who is like the head of the Vedas, the sage Pañcaśikha, Hiraṇyanābha, Kauśalya, Śrutadeva and Ṛtadhvaja. You must certainly be among them.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Real Knowledge Awakens Our Relationship With Kṛṣṇa

  1. 1

    Great devotees travel throughout the world to distribute real knowledge, not to mislead people. Without this knowledge, human life is wasted.

  2. 2

    Human life is meant for realizing one's relationship with Kṛṣṇa, or God. These devotees awaken Kṛṣṇa consciousness in people's hearts.

  3. 3

    Real knowledge concerns the living entity dwelling within the body. Ignorance makes us identify with the body and experience pleasure and pain through that identification.

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