grhesu aavisatam= entered into grihastha life?

[Guest guest]

Dear Mahamantra Prabhu,

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

"Avisatam" is a present participle ("who are entering" or "who have

entered"). If you chose to take in the first, literally present, sense, you

might get away with applying this statement to those who haven't yet entered

family life but are in the process of doing so, or are considering the

possibility of doing so. But note that Srila Sridhara Svami glosses "grhesv

avisatam" as "grhesu pravistanam", using the past participle "pravistanam."

He choses the second, definitely past sense, which can only refer to those

who are already householders. So the Lord is talking to the Pracetas about

their future grhastha life.

Hoping this meets you well, I remain

Your servant, gpd