Text 11]
Mahārāja Parīkṣit Cursed by a Brāhmaṇa Boy
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TEXT 11
ऋषय ऊचुः
अत जीव समाः सौम्य शाश्वतीर्विशदं यशः ।  
 यस्त्वं शंससि कृष्णस्य मत्यानाममृतं हि नः ॥११॥
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ 
  sūta jīva samāḥ saumya 
  śāśvatīr viśadam yaśaḥ 
  yas tvam śamsasi kṛṣṇasya 
  martyānām amṛtam hi naḥ
śrī ṛṣayaḥ ūcuḥ —the good sages said;  sūta —O Sūta Gosvāmī;  jīva —we wish you life for;  samāḥ —many years;  saumya —grave;  śāśvatīḥ —eternal;  viśadam —particularly;  yaśaḥ —in fame;  yaḥ tvam —because you;  śamsasi —speaking nicely;  kṛṣṇasya —of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa;  martyānām —of those who die;  amṛtam —eternity of life;  hi —certainly;  naḥ —our.
TRANSLATION
The good sages said: O grave Sūta Gosvāmī! May you live many years and have eternal fame, for you are speaking very nicely about the activities of Lord Kṛṣṇa the Personality of Godhead. This is just like nectar for mortal beings like us.
PURPORT
When we hear about the transcendental qualities and activities of the Personality of Godhead, we may always remember what has been spoken by the Lord Himself in the  Bhagavad-gītā  (Bg. 4.9). His acts, even when He acts in human society, are all transcendental, for they are all accentuated by the spiritual energy of the Lord, which is distinguished from His material energy. As stated in the  Bhagavad-gītā , such acts are called  divyam . This means that He does not act or take His birth like an ordinary living being under the custody of material energy. Nor is His body material nor changeable like that of ordinary living beings. And one who understands this fact, either from the Lord or from authorized sources, is not reborn after leaving the present material body. Such an enlightened soul is