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Mahārāja Parīkṣit Cursed by a Brāhmaṇa Boy
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प्रायशः साधवो लोके परैर्द्धन्द्वेषु योजिताः । न व्यथन्ति न हृष्यन्ति यत् आत्माऽगुणाश्रयः ॥५०॥
prāyaśaḥ sādhavo loke parair dvandveṣu yojitāḥ na vyathanti na hṛṣyanti yata ātmā 'guṇāśrayaḥ
prāyaśaḥ —generally;  sādhavaḥ —saints;  loke —in this world;  paraiḥ —by others;  dvandveṣu —in duality;  yojitāḥ —being engaged;  na —never;  vyathanti —distressed;  na —nor;  hṛṣyanti —takes pleasure;  yataḥ —because;  ātmā —self;  aguṇa-āśrayaḥ —transcendental.
TRANSLATION
Generally the transcendentalists, even though engaged by others in the dualities of the material world, are not distressed. Nor do they take pleasure [in worldly things], for they are transcendentally engaged.
PURPORT
The transcendentalists are the empiric philosophers, mystics and the devotees of the Lord. Empiric philosophers aim at the perfection of merging into the being of the Absolute, the mystics aim at perceiving the all-pervading Supersoul, and the devotees of the Lord are engaged in the transcendental loving service of the Personality of Godhead. Since Brahman, Paramātmā, or Bhagavān are different phases of the same Transcendence, all these transcendentalists are beyond the three modes of material nature. Material distresses and happinesses are products of the three modes, and therefore the causes of such material distress and happiness have nothing to do with the transcendentalists. The King was a devotee, and the  ṛṣi  was a mystic. Therefore both of them were unattached to the accidental incidence created by the supreme will. The playful child was an instrument in fulfilling the Lord's will.
Thus end the Bhaktivedanta Purports of the First Canto, Eighteenth Chapter, of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, entitled “Mahārāja Parīkṣit Cursed by a Brāhmaṇa Boy.”