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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 1, Ch. 18]
equally anxious to describe Mahārāja Parīkṣit's wonderful birth and death, and this verse is stated by Sūta Gosvāmī to increase the interest of the sages of Naimiṣāraṇya.
TEXT 2
ब्रह्मकोपोत्थिताद् यस्तु तक्षकात्प्राणविपुत्रात् । न सम्मुमोहोरुभयाद् भगवत्यर्पिताशयः ॥ २ ॥
brahma-kopotthitād yas tu takṣakāt prāṇa-viplavāt na sammumohorubhayād bhagavaty arpitāśayaḥ
brahma-kopa—fury of a brāhmaṇa; utthitāt—caused by; yaḥ—what was; tu—but; takṣakāt—by the snake-bird; prāṇa-viplavāt—from dissolution of life; na—never; sammumoha—became overwhelmed; uru-bhayāt—great fearfulness; bhagavati—unto the Personality of Godhead; arpita—surrendered; āśayaḥ—consciousness.
TRANSLATION
Furthermore, Mahārāja Parīkṣit was always consciously surrendered to the Personality of Godhead, and therefore he was neither afraid nor overwhelmed by fear due to a snake-bird which was to bite him because of the fury of a brāhmaṇa boy.
PURPORT
A self-surrendered devotee of the Lord is called Nārāyaṇa- parāyaṇa . Such a person is never afraid of any place or person, not even of death. For him nothing is as important as the Supreme Lord, and thus he gives equal importance both to heaven and hell. He knows 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. But in all conditions and in all circumstances, remembrance of Nārāyaṇa is essential. The Nārāyaṇa- parāyaṇa  practices this constantly. Mahārāja Parīkṣit was such a pure devotee. He was wrongfully cursed by an inexperienced son of a  brāhmaṇa  who was under the influence of Kali, and Mahārāja Parīkṣit took this to be sent by Nārāyaṇa. He knew that Nārāyaṇa (Lord Kṛṣṇa) saved him when he was