# SB 6.5.30 > दाक्षायणाः संशृणुत गदतो निगमं मम > अन्विच्छतानुपदवीं भ्रातॄणां भ्रातृवत्सलाः ॥३०॥ ## Text > dākṣāyaṇāḥ saṁśṛṇuta > gadato nigamaṁ mama > anvicchatānupadavīṁ > bhrātṝṇāṁ bhrātṛ-vatsalāḥ ## Synonyms *dākṣāyaṇāḥ*—O sons of Prajāpati Dakṣa; *saṁśṛṇuta*—please hear with attention; *gadataḥ*—who am speaking; *nigamam*—instruction; *mama*—my; *anvicchata*—follow; *anupadavīm*—the path; *bhrātṝṇām*—of your brothers; *bhrātṛ-vatsalāḥ*—O you who are very much affectionate to your brothers. ## Translation **O sons of Dakṣa, please hear my words of instruction attentively. You are all very affectionate to your elder brothers, the Haryaśvas. Therefore you should follow their path.** ## Purport Nārada Muni encouraged Prajāpati Dakṣa's second group of sons by awakening their natural affinity for their brothers. He urged them to follow their older brothers if they were at all affectionate toward them. Family affection is very strong, and therefore Nārada Muni followed this tactic of reminding them of their family relationship with the Haryaśvas. Generally the word *nigama* refers to the *Vedas,* but here *nigama* refers to the instructions contained in the *Vedas. Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam* says, *nigama-kalpa-taror galitaṁ phalam:* [[sb/1/1/3|[SB 1.1.3] ]] the Vedic instructions are like a tree, of which *Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam* is the ripened fruit. Nārada Muni is engaged in distributing this fruit, and therefore he instructed Vyāsadeva to write this *Mahā-Purāṇa, Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam,* for the benefit of ignorant human society. > anarthopaśamaṁ sākṣād > bhakti-yogam adhokṣaje > lokasyājānato vidvāṁś > cakre sātvata-saṁhitām "The material miseries of the living entity, which are superfluous to him, can be directly mitigated by the linking process of devotional service. But the mass of people do not know this, and therefore the learned Vyāsadeva compiled this Vedic literature, which is in relation to the Supreme Truth." [[sb/1/7/6|(SB 1.7.6)]] People are suffering because of ignorance and are following a wrong path for happiness. This is called *anartha.* These material activities will never make them happy, and therefore Nārada instructed Vyāsadeva to record the instructions of *Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam.* Vyāsadeva actually followed Nārada and did this. *Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam* is the supreme instruction of the *Vedas. Galitaṁ phalam:* the ripened fruit of the *Vedas* is *Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam.*