Birth of Emperor Parīkṣit
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sarva-sadguṇa-māhātmye —glorified by all godly attributes;  eṣaḥ —this child;  kṛṣṇam —like Lord Kṛṣṇa;  anuvrataḥ —follower in His footsteps;  rantideva —Rantideva;  iva —like;  udāraḥ —in the matter of magnamimity;  yayātiḥ —Yayāti;  iva —like;  dhārmikaḥ —concerning religion.
TRANSLATION
This child will almost be as good as Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa by following in His footsteps. And in magnanimity he will become as great as King Rantideva. And in religion he will be like Mahārāja Yayāti.
PURPORT
The last instruction of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa in the  Bhagavad-gītā  is that one should give up everything and should follow in the footsteps of the Lord alone. Less intelligent persons do not agree to this great instruction of the Lord, as ill luck would have it, but one who is actually intelligent catches up this sublime instruction and is immensely benefited. Foolish people do not know that association is the cause of acquiring qualities. Association with fire makes an object hot, even in the material sense. Therefore, association with the Supreme Personality of Godhead makes one qualified like the Lord. As we have discussed previously, one can achieve seventy-eight percent of the godly qualities by the Lord's intimate association. To follow the instructions of the Lord is to associate with the Lord.  The Lord is not a material object whose presence one has to feel for such association.  The Lord is present everywhere and at all times. It is quite possible to have His association simply by following His instruction because the Lord and His instruction and the Lord and His name, fame, attributes and paraphernalia, are all identical with Him, being absolute knowledge. Mahārāja Parīkṣit associated with the Lord even from the womb of his mother up to the last day of his valuable life, and thus he acquired all the essential good qualities of the Lord in all perfection.
Rantideva:  An ancient king prior to the  Mahābhārata  period, referred to by Nārada Muni while instructing Sañjaya as mentioned in  Mahābhārata (Droṇaparva 67 Ch) . He was a great king liberal for hospitality and distribution of foodstuff. Even Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa praised his acts of charity and hospitality. He was blessed by the great Vasiṣṭha Muni for supplying him cold water, and thus he achieved the heavenly planet. He used to supply fruits, roots and leaves to the  ṛṣis , and thus he was blessed by them by fulfilling his desires.  Although a kṣatriya by birth, he never ate flesh in his life.  He was especially hospitable to Vasiṣṭha Muni, and by his blessings