### SB 5.1.4

> संशयोऽयं महान्ब्रह्मन्दारागारसुतादिषु\
> सक्तस्य यत्सिद्धिरभूत्कृष्णे च मतिरच्युता ॥४॥

> saṁśayo 'yaṁ mahān brahman\
> dārāgāra-sutādiṣu\
> saktasya yat siddhir abhūt\
> kṛṣṇe ca matir acyutā

*saṁśayaḥ*—doubt; *ayam*—this; *mahān*—great; *brahman*—O *brāhmaṇa*; *dāra*—to the wife; *āgāra*—home; *suta*—children; *ādiṣu*—and so on; *saktasya*—of a person attached; *yat*—because; *siddhiḥ*—perfection; *abhūt*—became; *kṛṣṇe*—unto Kṛṣṇa; *ca*—also; *matiḥ*—attachment; *acyutā*—infallible.

**The King continued: O great brāhmaṇa, this is my great doubt. How was it possible for a person like King Priyavrata, who was so attached to wife, children and home, to achieve the topmost infallible perfection in Kṛṣṇa consciousness?**

King Parīkṣit wondered how a person so attached to wife, children and home could become so perfectly Kṛṣṇa conscious. Prahlāda Mahārāja has said:

> matir na kṛṣṇe parataḥ svato vā
> mitho 'bhipadyeta gṛha-vratānām

A *gṛhavrata,* one who has taken a vow to execute family duties, has no chance to become Kṛṣṇa conscious. This is because most *gṛhavratas* are guided by sense gratification and therefore gradually glide down to the darkest regions of material existence (*adānta-gobhir viśatāṁ tamisram* [[sb/7/5/30|[SB 7.5.30] ]]). How can they possibly become perfect in Kṛṣṇa consciousness? Mahārāja Parīkṣit asked Śukadeva Gosvāmī to resolve this great doubt.