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  "name":"SB 4.12.23",
  "h1":"SB 4.12.23",
  "label":"Text 23",
  "title":"Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.12.23",
  "description":"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."

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SB 4.12.23

सुनन्दनन्दावूचतुः
भो भो राजन्सुभद्रं ते वाचं नोऽवहितः शृणु ।
यः पञ्चवर्षस्तपसा भवान्देवमतीतृपत् ॥२३॥

Text

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.