The true speaker sits in the seat of the spiritual master through sense control and submissive transmission of ancient wisdom.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.1.5 — July 15, 1972, London 720715SB-LONDON [45:33 Minutes] SB-01.01.05_720715SB-LONDON Pradyumna: Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. [Prabhupāda and devotees repeat]
Prabhupāda: Go on. Why not [indistinct]? Pradyumna: [leads chanting of verse] ta ekadā tu munayaḥ prātar huta-hutāgnayaḥ sat-kṛtaṁ sūtam āsīnaṁ papracchur idam ādarāt [SB 1.1.5] Prabhupāda: Next? [break] Pradyumna: [leads chanting of synonyms] te—the sages; ekadā—one day; tu—but; munayaḥ—sages; prātaḥ—morning; huta—burning; huta-agnayaḥ—sacrificial fire; sat-kṛtam—due respects; sūtam—Śrī Sūta Gosvāmī; āsīnam—seated on; papracchuḥ—made inquiries; idam—on this (as follows); ādarāt—with due regards.
[03:08] Translation: "One day, after finishing their morning duties by burning a sacrificial fire and respectfully offering a seat to Śrīla Sūta Gosvāmī, the great sages made earnest inquiries about the following matters." Prabhupāda: So as we observe higher supreme [indistinct], this ceremony was held daily in the morning. That is Vedic system. There is a section of Hindus, they are called Ārya-samājīs, they do it regularly in the morning; not exactly in the way, but they observe this fire ceremony daily, morning. So not only the sages, even gṛhastas, higher caste, they are also holding that ceremony, agni-nirvāpaṇad-va[?].
So the system was very strict and exact. It was not taken up by anyone, but followed. Anyone can follow the regulation—there is no difficulty—but they do not like to do. While walking on the park, you see so many people unnecessarily sleeping. Not only in the park, in apartment also.
Might be night-keeping, for unnecessary engagement, but according to the Vedic system everyone should rise early in the morning before four o'clock. In India there is regular seasons also. Not like this country, that during summer the night begins at half-past ten and in the winter the morning begins at half-past ten, here. But in India, regularly the sun rises in the morning round about five, regularly, either in the winter season or in the summer season, round about five.
Maybe half an hour, one hour difference. Not one hour; half an hour. So the Indian public still, even they are not very educated, because the culture is there in, especially in the villages, they rise early in the morning and take bath. They go to the field for easing themselves, and after doing that they take bath either in the river or in the well. In the villages there is no tap water, and by nature in the morning either the river or the well water is very warm.
With the advance of day, it becomes cooler, but early in the morning, those who are accustomed to take bath early in the morning, and because India is tropical country, it is not so cold. So that is the system. And after taking bath, in the temple there will be maṅgala-ārati and other ceremonies. One of the ceremonies is this prātar huta-hutāgnayaḥ, holding the fire ceremony. So munayaḥ, ṛṣaya.