Both of us were trained in the devotional service
of the Lord from the very beginning of our lives. Later on
we met by the order of the transcendental system.
TRANSLATION:
Or he takes his
birth in a family of transcendentalists who are surely
great in wisdom. Verily, such a birth is rare in this
world.
PURPORT: Birth in a family of yogis
or transcendentalists--those with great wisdom--is praised
herein because the child born in such a family receives a
spiritual impetus from the very beginning of his life. It
is especially the case in the acarya or gosvami families.
Such families are very learned and devoted by tradition
and training, and thus they become spiritual masters. In
India there are many such acarya families, but they have
now degenerated due to insufficient education and
training. By the grace of the Lord, there are still
families that foster transcendentalists generation after
generation. It is certainly very fortunate to take birth
in such families. Fortunately, both our spiritual master,
Om Visnupada Sri Srimad Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Gosvami
Maharaja, and our humble self, had the opportunity to take
birth in such families, by the grace of the Lord, and both
of us were trained in the devotional service of the Lord
from the very beginning of our lives. Later on we met by
the order of the transcendental system.
[Srila Prabhupada from Bhagavad-gita 6.42]
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