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Mahārāja Parīkṣit Cursed by a Brāhmaṇa Boy
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occupied by an impersonalist. It is also stated in the  Bhagavad-gītā  (Bg. 12.5) that persons stuck on the impersonal step undergo more sufferings than achievement of reality. Therefore knowledge imparted by Śukadeva Gosvāmī unto Mahārāja Parīkṣit helped him attain the service of the Lord. And to attain to this stage of perfection is called  apavarga , or the perfect stage of liberation. Simple knowledge of liberation is material knowledge. Actual freedom from material bondage is called liberation, but to attain the transcendental service of the Lord is called the perfect stage of liberation. Such a stage is attained by knowledge and renunciation, as we have already explained ( Bhāg.  1.2.12), and perfect knowledge, as delivered by Śrīla Śukadeva Gosvāmī, results in the attainment of transcendental service of the Lord.
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तन्मः परं पुण्यमसंवृतार्थ- माख्यानमत्यङ्गुतयोगनिष्ठम् । आख्याह्वानन्ताचरितोपपन्नं पारीक्षितं मागवतामितामम् ॥१७॥
tan naḥ paraṁ puṇyam asaṁvṛtārtham ākhyānam aty adbhuta-yoganiṣṭham ākhyāhy-anantācaritopapannam pārīkṣitaṁ bhāgavatābhirāmam
tat —therefore;  naḥ —unto us;  param —supreme;  puṇyam —purifying;  asaṁvṛtārtham —as it is;  ākhyānam —narration;  ati —very;  adbhuta —wonderful;  yoganiṣṭham —compact in  bhakti-yoga ;  ākhyāhi —describe;  ananta —the Unlimited;  ācarita —activities;  upapannam —full of;  pārīkṣitam —spoken to Mahārāja Parīkṣit;  bhāgavata —of the pure devotees;  abhirāmam —particularly very dear.
TRANSLATION
Thus please narrate to us the narrations of the Unlimited, for they are purifying and supreme. They were spoken to Mahārāja Parīkṣit, and they are very dear to the pure devotees, being full of bhakti-yoga.
PURPORT
What was spoken to Mahārāja Parīkṣit and what is very dear to the pure devotees is  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam .  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  is mainly full of the narrations of the activities of the Supreme Unlimited, and therefore it is