Text 9]
Mahārāja Parīkṣit Cursed by a Brāhmaṇa Boy
937
TRANSLATION
Mahārāja Parīkṣit considered that less intelligent men might find the personality of Kali to be very powerful, but that those who are self-controlled would have nothing to fear. The King was powerful like a tiger and took care for the foolish, careless persons.
PURPORT
Those who are not devotees of the Lord are careless and unintelligent. Unless one is thoroughly intelligent, one cannot be a devotee of the Lord. Those who are not devotees of the Lord fall prey to the actions of Kali. It will not be possible to bring about a saner condition in society unless we are prepared to accept the modes of action adopted by Mahārāja Parīkṣit, i.e., propagation of devotional service of the Lord to the common man.
TEXT 9
उपवर्णितमेतद्वः पुष्यं पारीक्षितं मया । रासुदेवकथापेतमास्यानं यदपृच्छत ॥ ९ ॥
upavarṇitam etad vaḥ puṇyam parīkṣitam mayā vāsudeva-kathopetam ākhyānam yad apṛcchata
upavarṇitam —almost everything described;  etat —all these;  vaḥ —unto you;  puṇyam —pious;  parīkṣitam —about Mahārāja Parīkṣit;  mayā —by me;  vāsudeva —of Lord Kṛṣṇa;  kathā —narrations;  upetam —in connection with;  ākhyānam —statements;  yat —what;  apṛcchata —you asked from me.
TRANSLATION
O sages, as you did ask me, now I have almost described everything regarding the narrations about Lord Kṛṣṇa in connection with the history of the pious Mahārāja Parīkṣit.
PURPORT
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  is the history of the activities of the Lord. And the activities of the Lord are performed in relation with the devotees of the