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    "description": "Śrīmad Bhāgavatam Canto 4 Chapter 8 Text 1 maitreya uvāca sanakādyā nāradaś ca ṛbhur haṁso ’ruṇir yatiḥ naite gṛhān brahma-sutā hy āvasann ūrdhva-retasaḥ TRANSLATION The great sage Maitreya said: The…",
    "author": "Rathi Krishna dasa",
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# Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 4 Chapter 8 Text 1

**[Śrīmad Bhāgavatam Canto 4 Chapter 8 Text 1](http://www.vedabase.com/en/sb/4/8/1/)**

 

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maitreya uvāca
sanakādyā nāradaś ca 
ṛbhur haṁso ’ruṇir yatiḥ
naite gṛhān brahma-sutā
hy āvasann ūrdhva-retasaḥ
* 

TRANSLATION
The great sage Maitreya said: The four great Kumāra sages headed by Sanaka, as well as Nārada, Ṛbhu, Haṁsa, Aruṇi and Yati, all sons of Brahmā, did not live at home, but became ūrdhva-retā, or naiṣṭhika-brahmacārīs, unadulterated celibates.