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Birth of Emperor Parīkṣit
651
engaged in the transcendental loving service of the Lord, and thus  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam , which is the science of devotional service, is very dear to the Vaiṣṇavas. And as explained in the beginning of the  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam , it is the mature fruit of Vedic knowledge and is superior subject matter, above the three  kāṇḍas , namely  karma ,  jñāna  and  upaśana .
Amongst the  karma-kāṇḍa  experts, the  jātaka  expert  vipras  were good astrologers who could tell all the future history of a born child simply by the astral calculations of the time ( lagna ), and such expert  jātaka-vipras  were present during the birth of Mahārāja Parīkṣit, and his grandfather, Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira, awarded the  vipras  sufficiently with gold, land, villages, grains and other valuable necessaries of life, which also include cows. There is a need of such  vipras  in the social structure, and it is the duty of the state to maintain them comfortably, as designed in the Vedic procedure. Such expert  vipras , being sufficiently paid by the state, could give free service to the people in general, and thus this department of Vedic knowledge could be available for all.
TEXT 30
स एष लोके विख्यातः परीक्षिदिति यत्प्रश्नः। पूर्वेन् दृष्टमनुष्यायन् परीक्षेत नरेष्विह ॥३०॥
sa eṣa loke vikhyātaḥ parīkṣid iti yat prabhuḥ pūrvan dṛṣṭam anudhyāyan parīkṣeta nareṣviha
saḥ—he; eṣaḥ—in this; loke—world; vikhyātaḥ—famous; parīkṣit—one who examines; iti—thus; yat—what; prabhuḥ—O my King; pūrvan—before; dṛṣṭam—seen; anudhyāyan—constantly contemplating; parīkṣeta—shall examine; nareṣu—unto every man; iha—here.
TRANSLATION
So his son would become famous in the world as Parīkṣit [examiner] because he would come to examine all human beings in his search after that personality whom he saw before his birth. Thus he would come to constantly contemplate Him.