<strong>Srimad</strong> Bhagawatam, First Canto, <strong>Volume</strong> Three 54
EIGHTEENTH CHAPTER Maharaj Parikshit Cursed By A Brahmin Boy Sri Suta uvacha Yo vai drounyastra viplus to na matur udare mritah Anugrahat bhagawatah krishnasya adbhutakarmanah. Sri Suta uvacha—Sri Suta Goswami said, Yo—one who, Vai—certainly, Drounyastra—by the weapon of the son of Drona, Viplusto—burnt by, Na— never, Matur—of the mother, Udare—in the womb of, Mritah—met his death, Anugrahat—by the mercy of, Bhagwatah—of the Personality of Godhead, Krishnasya—of Krishna, Adbhutakarmanah—of one who acts wonderfully. Suta Goswami said, "Maharaj Parikshit, although he was struck by the weapon of the son of Drona in the womb of his mother, he could not be burnt by the mercy of the Personality of Godhead Sri Krishna who acts wonderfully." The sages in the Naimisharanya became struck with wonder after hearing about the wonderful administration of Maharaj Parikshit specially with reference to the context of his punishing the pesronality of Kali, making him completely unable to do any harm within the kingdom of Maharaj Parikshit. Suta Goswami was equally anxious to describe about Maharaj Parikshit in the matter of his wonderful birth and death also and this verse is stated by Suta Goswami in a way of increasing the interest of the sages of Naimisharanya. Brahmakopa utthitat yas tu takshakat pranaviplavat Na sammumoha urubhayat bhagwati arpita ashayah. Brahmakopa—Fury of aBrahmin, Utthitat—caused by, Yas—what was, Tu— but Takshakat—by the snake-bird, Pranaviplavat—from disolution of life, Na—never, Sammumuha—became overwhelmed, Urubhayat—great fearfulness, Bhagwati—unto the Personality of Godhead, Arpita— surrendered, Ashayah—consciousness. Further more Maharaj Parikshit was always conscenciously surrendered in the Personality of Godhead and therefore he was neither afraid of nor overwhelmed from the fear of snake bird which was to bite him due to the violent passion of Brahmin boy. A self surrendered devotee of the Lord is called Narayanapara. Such Narayanapara person is never afraid of any place or person even of death. For them nothing is important than the Supreme Lord and as such they allow equal importance both for the heaven and the hell. They know it well that both heaven and hell are creations of the Lord and similarly life and death are different conditions of existence created by the Lord. What they want is that in all conditions and in all circumstances remembrances of Narayana is essential. They practice it constantly and Maharaj Parikshit was one of such pure devotees. He was wrongfully cursed by an inexperienced son of a Brahmin by the influence of Kali, and Maharaj Parikshit took it as sent by Narayana. He knew it well that Narayana (Lord Krishna) saved him when he was burnt in the womb of his mother and if he was to be killed by snake-bite it would also take place by the will of the LORD. The devotee never goes against the will of the Lord and anything sent by God is a blessing for the devotee. Therefore Maharaj Parikshit was neither afraid of nor bewildered in such things. That is the sign of a pure devotee of the Lord. Utsrijya sarvatah samgam vijnata ajita samsthitih Vaisaker jahou sishyo gamgayam swam kale varam Utsrijya—after leaving aside, Sarvatah—all rouud, Samgam—association, Ajita—one who is never conquered (the Personality, of Godhead), Samsthitih—actual position, Vaisaker—unto the son of Vyasa,Jahou—gave up, Sishyo—as desciple, Gamgayam—on the bank of the Ganges, Swam—his own, Kalevaram—Material body. Further more after leaving aside all round association, the King gave himself up as a disciple of the son of Vyasa and thus he was able to understand the actual position of the Personality of Godhead and at least gave up his material body on the bank of the Ganges. The word Ajita is significant here. The Personality of Godhead Sri Krishna is known as Ajita or unconquerable, as He is so in every respect. Even no body can know His actual postion. He is unconquerable by knowledge also. We have heard about His Dhama or place, eternal about Golaka Vrindaban, but there are many scholars who interpret this abode in different ways. But by the grace of a spiritual master like Sukadeva Goswami, unto whom the king gave himself up as the most humbale disciple, he was able to understand thr actual position of the Lord, about His eternal abode, and His transcendental paraphernalia in that Dhama or abode. Knowiug this transcendntal position of the Lord and the transcendental method by which one can approach that transcendental Dhama, the king was confident about his ultimate goal of destination and knowing this only he could leave aside everthing material even his own body without any difficulty of attachment. In the Bhagwat Geeta, this is stated as Param Dristwa Nevertate or one can give up all connection of the material attachment when one is able to see the Param or the superior quality of thing. We understand the superior quality of energy of the Lord than the material quality material energy, from the Bhagwat Geeta and 55 by the grace of a bonafipe spiritual master like Sukadeva Goswami it is quite possible to know every thing of the superior energy of the Lord by which the Lord manifests His eternal Name, Quality, Pastimes, Paraphernalia and variegatedness. Unless one thoroughly understands this superior or eternal enregy of the Lord it is not pssible to leave aside the material energy however theoritically one may speculate on the true nature of the Absolute Truth. By the Grace of Lord Krishna, Maharaj Parikshit was able to receive mercy of a Personality like Sukadeva Goswami and thus he was able to know the actual positiou of the unconquerable Lord. It is very difficult to find out the Lord from the Vedic literatures but it is very easy to know Him by the mercy of a liberated devotee like Sukadeva Goswami. Na uttamasloka vartanam jusatam tat kathamritam Syat sambhramo auto kale api smarartam tat padambujam. Na-never, Uttamasloka—the Personlaity of Godhead who is sung by the Vedic hymns. Vartaanam—of those who live on them, Jusatam—of them who are engaged in, Tat-His, Kathamritam—transcendental topics about Him, Syat-it so happens, Sambhramo—misconception, Unto-at the end, Kale-in time, Api-Also, Smaranam—reme bering, Tat-His, Padambujam—lotus feet. It is so because those who have made their life's business to liue on the transcendental topics of the Personality of Godhead sung by the Vedic hymns and thus be constantly engaged in thhm by rerembering the lotus feet of the Lord, do not have any chance of misconceptiou even at the last moment of the end of life. The highest perfection of life is attained by remembering the transcendental nature of the Lord at the last moment of one's llfe. This perfection of life is made possible by one who has learnt about the actual transcendental nature of the Lord from the Vedic hymns sung by a liberated soul like Sukadeva Goswami or some body in that line of disciplic succession. There is no gain by hearing the Vedic hymns from some mental speculator. When the same is heard from an actual self realised soul and is properly under stood by service and submission the whole thing becomes transparently clear before a submissive disciple and thus he is able to live on it transcendentally and continue the same to the last point of the end of life. By scientific adoptation one is able to remember the Lord even at the end of life when the power of remembrance is slackned due to derangement of bodily membrane. For a common man it is very difficult to remember things as they are at the time of death, but by the Grace of the Lord and His bonafide devotees the spiritual masters one can get this opportunity of life without any difficulty. And it is was done in the case of Maharaj Parikshit. Tavat kalir na prabhavet pravisto api iha sarvatah Yavat isha mahan urvyam abhimanyava ekarat. Tavat—so long, Kalir—the personality of Kali, No—cannot, Prabhavet— flourish, Pravisto—entered in, Api—even though, Sarvatah—everywhere, Tavat—as long as, Isha—the lord, Mahan—great, Urvyam—powerful, Abhimanyava—the son of Abhimanyu Ekarat—the one emperor. So long as the most powerful great son of Abhimanyu remains the one emperor of the world there is no chance of flourishing by the personality of Kali. As we have already explained that the personality of Kali had entered the jurisdiction of this earth long ago and he was looking for opportunity to spread his influence all over the world. But he could not do so satisfactorily dut to the presence of Maharaj Parikshit. That is the way of good government. The disturbing elements like the personality of Kali will always try to extend his nefarious activities but it is the duty of tne able state to check them up by all means. Parikshit Maharaj although alloted places for the personality of Kali, he at the same time gave no chance to the citizens to be in favour of the personality of Kali. Yasmin ahani yarhi eva bhagawan utsasarja gam Tada evaiha anubritto asou adharma prabhavah kalih. Yasmin—on that, Ahani—very day, Yarhi—in the very moment, Bhagwan— the Personality of Godhead, Utsasarja—left aside, Gam—the earth, Tada—at that time, Eva—certainly, Iha—in this world, Anuvritto—followed, Asou— he, Adharma—irreligious, Prabhavah—accelerating, Kalih—the personality of quarrel. The very day and the very moment when the Personalty of Godhead Lord Sri Krishna left aside this earth, on that verymoment also the personality of Kali who is accelerating agent for all irreigious activities, became entered within the earth The personality of Godhead and His holy Name, Qualities etc all are identical. The personality of Kali was not able to enter in the jurisdiction of the earth on account of presence of the Personality of Godhead. And similarly if there is arrangement for constant chanting of the holy Name and quality etc of the Supreme Personality of Godhead there is no chance at all for entrance of the personality of Kali within the jurisdietion where such chanting of the holy Name of the Lord is performed. Tha is the technique of driving away the personality of Kali from the world. In the modernised human society there is far advance ment of material science and they have invented the radio set for
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