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SB 2.8.6

2021-05-14T16:03:00Z

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[[Category:Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 02 Chapter 08|S06]]
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<div style="float:left">'''[[Srimad-Bhagavatam]] - [[SB 2|Second Canto]] - [[SB 2.8: Questions by King Pariksit|Chapter 8: Questions by King Parīkṣit]]'''</div>
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==== TEXT 6 ====

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:dhautātmā puruṣaḥ kṛṣṇa-
:pāda-mūlaṁ na muñcati
:mukta-sarva-parikleśaḥ
:pānthaḥ sva-śaraṇaṁ yathā
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==== SYNONYMS ====

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''dhauta-ātmā''—whose heart has been cleansed; ''puruṣaḥ''—the living being; ''kṛṣṇa''—the Supreme Personality of Godhead; ''pāda-mūlam''—the shelter of the lotus feet; ''na''—never; ''muñcati''—gives up; ''mukta''—liberated; ''sarva''—all; ''parikleśaḥ''—of all miseries of life; ''pānthaḥ''—the traveler; ''sva-śaraṇam''—in his own abode; ''yathā''—as it were.
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==== TRANSLATION ====

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A pure devotee of the Lord whose heart has once been cleansed by the process of devotional service never relinquishes the lotus feet of Lord Kṛṣṇa, for they fully satisfy him, as a traveler is satisfied at home after a troubled journey.
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==== PURPORT ====

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One who is not a pure devotee of the Supreme Lord Kṛṣṇa is not completely cleansed in the heart. But a perfectly cleansed person never quits the devotional service of the Lord. In discharging such devotional service, as ordered by Brahmājī to Nārada in the preaching of ''Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam'', sometimes a representative of the Lord engaged in preaching work meets various so-called difficulties. This was exhibited by Lord Nityānanda when He delivered the two fallen souls Jagāi and Mādhāi, and similarly Lord Jesus Christ was crucified by the nonbelievers. But such difficulties are very gladly suffered by the devotees in preaching because in such activities, although apparently very severe, the devotees of the Lord feel transcendental pleasure because the Lord is satisfied. Prahlāda Mahārāja suffered greatly, but still he never forgot the lotus feet of the Lord. This is because a pure devotee of the Lord is so purified in his heart that he cannot leave the shelter of Lord Kṛṣṇa in any circumstances. There is no self-interest in such service. The progress of culturing knowledge by the ''jñānīs'' or the bodily gymnastics by the ''yogīs'' are ultimately given up by the respective performers, but a devotee of the Lord cannot give up the service of the Lord, for he is ordered by his spiritual master. Pure devotees like Nārada and Nityānanda Prabhu take up the order of the spiritual master as the sustenance of life. They do not mind what becomes of the future of their lives. They take the matter very seriously as the order comes from the higher authority, from the representative of the Lord, or from the Lord Himself.

The example set herein is very appropriate. A traveler leaves home to search for wealth in far distant places, sometimes in the forest and sometimes on the ocean and sometimes on hilltops. Certainly there are many troubles for the traveler when he is in such unknown places. But all such troubles are at once mitigated as soon as the sense of his family affection is remembered, and as soon as he returns home he forgets all such troubles on the way.

A pure devotee of the Lord is exactly in a family tie with the Lord, and therefore he is undeterred in discharging his duty in a full affectionate tie with the Lord.
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SB 2.8.4

2021-05-14T15:43:56Z

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[[Category:Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 02 Chapter 08|S04]]
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<div style="float:left">'''[[Srimad-Bhagavatam]] - [[SB 2|Second Canto]] - [[SB 2.8: Questions by King Pariksit|Chapter 8: Questions by King Parīkṣit]]'''</div>
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==== TEXT 4 ====

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:śṛṇvataḥ śraddhayā nityaṁ
:gṛṇataś ca sva-ceṣṭitam
:kālena nātidīrgheṇa
:bhagavān viśate hṛdi
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==== SYNONYMS ====

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''śṛṇvataḥ''—of those who hear; ''śraddhayā''—in earnestness; ''nityam''—regularly, always; ''gṛṇataḥ''—taking the matter; ''ca''—also; ''sva-ceṣṭitam''—seriously by one's own endeavor; ''kālena''—duration; ''na''—not; ''ati-dīrgheṇa''—very prolonged time; ''bhagavān''—the Personality of Godhead Śrī Kṛṣṇa; ''viśate''—becomes manifest; ''hṛdi''—within one's heart.
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==== TRANSLATION ====

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Persons who hear Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam regularly and are always taking the matter very seriously will have the Personality of Godhead Śrī Kṛṣṇa manifested in their hearts within a short time.
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==== PURPORT ====

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Cheap devotees or materialistic devotees of the Lord are very much desirous to see the Lord personally without meeting the requisite qualifications. Such third-grade devotees should know well that material attachment and seeing the Lord face to face cannot go together. It is not such a mechanical process that the professional ''Bhāgavatam'' reciters can do the job on behalf of the third-grade materialistic pseudo-devotee. The professional men are useless in this connection because they are neither self-realized nor interested in the liberation of the audience. They are simply interested in maintaining the material establishment of family attachment and earning some material benefits out of the profession. Mahārāja Parīkṣit had no more than seven days to live, but for others Mahārāja Parīkṣit personally recommends that one hear ''Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam'' regularly, nityam, always by one's own effort and with serious devotion also. That will help one to see the Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa manifested in one's heart within no time.

The pseudo-devotee, however, is very anxious to see the Lord according to his whims, not making any serious effort to hear ''Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam'' regularly and without detachment from material benefit. That is not the way recommended by an authority like Mahārāja Parīkṣit, who heard and benefited by hearing ''Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam''.
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SB 2.8.3

2021-05-14T15:37:50Z

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[[Category:Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 02 Chapter 08|S03]]
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<div style="float:left">'''[[Srimad-Bhagavatam]] - [[SB 2|Second Canto]] - [[SB 2.8: Questions by King Pariksit|Chapter 8: Questions by King Parīkṣit]]'''</div>
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==== TEXT 3 ====

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:kathayasva mahābhāga
:yathāham akhilātmani
:kṛṣṇe niveśya niḥsaṅgaṁ
:manas tyakṣye kalevaram
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==== SYNONYMS ====

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''kathayasva''—please continue speaking; ''mahābhāga''—O greatly fortunate one; ''yathā''—as much as; ''aham''—I; ''akhila-ātmani''—unto the Supreme Soul; ''kṛṣṇe''—unto Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa; ''niveśya''—having placed; ''niḥsaṅgam''—being freed from material qualities; ''manaḥ''—mind; ''tyakṣye''—may relinquish; ''kalevaram''—body.
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==== TRANSLATION ====

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O greatly fortunate Śukadeva Gosvāmī, please continue narrating Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam so that I can place my mind upon the Supreme Soul, Lord Kṛṣṇa, and, being completely freed from material qualities, thus relinquish this body.
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==== PURPORT ====

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To be fully engaged in hearing the transcendental narration described in the text of ''Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam'' means to constantly associate with the Supreme Soul, Śrī Kṛṣṇa. And to constantly associate with the Supreme Lord Kṛṣṇa means to be liberated from the qualities of matter. Lord Kṛṣṇa is like the sun, and material contamination is like darkness. As the presence of the sun dissipates darkness, constant engagement in the association of the Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa frees one from the contamination of the material qualities. Contamination by the material qualities is the cause of repeated birth and death, and liberation from material qualities is transcendence. Mahārāja Parīkṣit was now a realized soul by this secret of liberation, through the grace of Śukadeva Gosvāmī, for the latter had informed the King that the highest perfection of life is to be in remembrance of Nārāyaṇa at the end of life. Mahārāja Parīkṣit was destined to give up his body at the end of seven days, and thus he decided to continue remembering the Lord by His association with the topics of ''Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam'', and thus to quit his body in full consciousness of the presence of the Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Soul.

The hearing of ''Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam'' performed by professional men is different from the transcendental hearing of Mahārāja Parīkṣit. Mahārāja Parīkṣit was a soul realized in the Absolute Truth, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the Personality of Godhead. The fruitive materialist is not a realized soul; he wants to derive some material benefit from his so-called hearing of ''Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam''. Undoubtedly such an audience, hearing ''Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam'' from the professional men, can derive some material benefit as they desire, but that does not mean that such a pretense of hearing ''Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam'' for a week is as good as the hearing of Mahārāja Parīkṣit.

It is the duty of the sane to hear ''Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam'' from a self-realized soul and not be duped by professional men. One should continue such hearing till the end of one's life so that one can actually have the transcendental association of the Lord and thus be liberated simply by hearing ''Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam''.

Mahārāja Parīkṣit had already given up all his connections with his kingdom and family, the most attractive features of materialism, but still he was conscious of his material body. He wanted to be free of such bondage also by the constant association of the Lord.
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SB 2.8.2

2021-05-14T15:00:51Z

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[[Category:Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 02 Chapter 08|S02]]
[[Category:Bhagavatam Verses Spoken by Pariksit Maharaja - Vanisource|020802]]
<div style="float:left">'''[[Srimad-Bhagavatam]] - [[SB 2|Second Canto]] - [[SB 2.8: Questions by King Pariksit|Chapter 8: Questions by King Parīkṣit]]'''</div>
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==== TEXT 2 ====

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:etad veditum icchāmi
:tattvaṁ tattva-vidāṁ vara
:harer adbhuta-vīryasya
:kathā loka-sumaṅgalāḥ
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==== SYNONYMS ====

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''etat''—this; ''veditum''—to understand; ''icchāmi''—I wish; ''tattvam''—truth; ''tattva-vidām''—of those who are well versed in the Absolute Truth; ''vara''—O best; ''hareḥ''—of the Lord; ''adbhuta-vīryasya''—of the one who possesses wonderful potencies; ''kathāḥ''—narrations; ''loka''—for all planets; ''su-maṅgalāḥ''—auspicious.
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==== TRANSLATION ====

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The King said: I wish to know. Narrations concerning the Lord, who possesses wonderful potencies, are certainly auspicious for living beings in all planets.
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==== PURPORT ====

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''Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam'', which is full of narrations of the activities of the Supreme Lord, is auspicious for all living beings residing in every planet. One who takes it as belonging to a particular sect is certainly mistaken. ''Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam'' is certainly a very dear scripture for all the devotees of the Lord, but it is auspicious even for the nondevotees also because it explains that even the nondevotees hovering under the spell of material energy can be delivered from such clutches if they hear the narration of the ''Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam'' with devotion and attention from the right source representing the Lord by disciplic succession.
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SB 2.8.1

2021-05-14T14:57:24Z

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[[Category:Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 02 Chapter 08|S01]]
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<div style="float:left">'''[[Srimad-Bhagavatam]] - [[SB 2|Second Canto]] - [[SB 2.8: Questions by King Pariksit|Chapter 8: Questions by King Parīkṣit]]'''</div>
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==== TEXT 1 ====

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:rājovāca
:brahmaṇā codito brahman
:guṇākhyāne 'guṇasya ca
:yasmai yasmai yathā prāha
:nārado deva-darśanaḥ
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==== SYNONYMS ====

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''rājā''—the King; ''uvāca''—inquired; ''brahmaṇā''—by Lord Brahmā; ''coditaḥ''—being instructed; ''brahman''—O learned brāhmaṇa (Śukadeva Gosvāmī); ''guṇa-ākhyāne''—in narrating the transcendental qualities; ''aguṇasya''—of the Lord, who is without material qualities; ''ca''—and; ''yasmai yasmai''—and whom; ''yathā''—as much as; ''prāha''—explained; ''nāradaḥ''—Nārada Muni; ''deva-darśanaḥ''—one whose audience is as good as that of any demigod.
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==== TRANSLATION ====

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King Parīkṣit inquired from Śukadeva Gosvāmī: How did Nārada Muni, whose hearers are as fortunate as those instructed by Lord Brahmā, explain the transcendental qualities of the Lord, who is without material qualities, and before whom did he speak?
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==== PURPORT ====

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Devarṣi Nārada was directly instructed by Brahmājī, who was also directly instructed by the Supreme Lord; therefore the instructions imparted by Nārada to his various disciples are as good as those of the Supreme Lord. That is the way of understanding Vedic knowledge. It comes down from the Lord by disciplic succession, and this transcendental knowledge is distributed to the world by this descending process. There is no chance, however, to receive the Vedic knowledge from mental speculators. Therefore, wherever Nārada Muni goes, he represents himself as authorized by the Lord, and his appearance is as good as that of the Supreme Lord. Similarly, the disciplic succession which strictly follows the transcendental instruction is the bona fide chain of disciplic succession, and the test for such bona fide spiritual masters is that there should be no difference between the instruction of the Lord originally imparted to His devotee and that which is imparted by the authority in the line of disciplic succession. How Nārada Muni distributed the transcendental knowledge of the Lord will be explained in later cantos.

It will appear also that the Lord existed prior to the material creation, and therefore His transcendental name, quality, etc., do not represent any material quality. Whenever, therefore, the Lord is described as ''aguṇa'', or without any quality, it does not mean that He has no quality, but that He has no material quality, such as the modes of goodness, passion or ignorance, as the conditioned souls have. He is transcendental to all material conceptions, and thus He is described as ''aguṇa''.
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