Just Having Knowledge Skills is not Enough

2016-03-25
Srimad Bhagavatam 10.78.29-30 - Just Having Knowledge Skills is not Enough (download mp3)
by Hare Krishna Prabhu at ISKCON Chowpatty
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SB 10.78.29

haheti-vadinah sarve
 munayah khinna-manasah
ucuh sankarsanam devam
 adharmas te krtah prabho


Translation: 
All the sages cried out, “Alas, alas!” in great distress. They told Lord Sankarsana, “O master, You have committed an irreligious act!


SB 10.78.30
asya brahmasanam dattam
 asmabhir yadu-nandana
ayus catmaklamam tavad
 yavat satram samapyate

Translation: 
“O favorite of the Yadus, we gave him the seat of the spiritual master and promised him long life and freedom from physical pain for as long as this sacrifice continues.

Purport:
Although Romaharsana was not a brahmana, having been born of a mixed marriage, he was invested with that status by the assembled sages and thus given the brahmasana, the seat of the chief officiating priest.