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Appearance of Śukadeva Gosvāmī
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one who is affected;  bhayam —fearlessness;  āśu —very soon;  dhatte —take place.
TRANSLATION
The Supreme Personality of Godhead, the controller of both the transcendental and mundane worlds, has graciously overtaken me in the form of a  brāhmaṇa 's curse. Due to my being too much attached to family life, the Lord, in order to save me, has appeared before me in such a way that out of fear only I will detach myself from the world.
PURPORT
Mahārāja Parīkṣit, although born in a family of great devotees, the Pāṇḍavas, and although securely trained in transcendental attachment for the association of the Lord, still found the allurement of mundane family life so strong that he had to be detached by a plan of the Lord. Such direct action is taken up by the Lord in the case of a special devotee. Mahārāja Parīkṣit could understand this by the presence of the topmost transcendentalists in the universe. The Lord resides with His devotees, and therefore the presence of the great saints indicated the presence of the Lord. The King therefore welcomed the presence of the great  ṛṣis  as a mark of favor of the Supreme Lord.
TEXT 15
तं मोपयातं प्रतियन्तु विप्रा  
 गङ्गा च देवी धृतचित्तमीशे ।  
 द्विजोपमृष्टः कुहकस्तको वा  
 दशत्वलं गायत विष्णुगाथाः ॥ १५ ॥
tam mopayātam pratiyantu viprā  
 gaṅgā ca devī dhṛta-cittam īśe  
 dvijopasṛṣṭaḥ kuhakas takṣako vā  
 daśatv alam gāyata viṣṇu-gāthāḥ
tam —for that reason;  mā —me;  upayātam —taken shelter of;  pratiyantu —just accept me;  viprāḥ —O  brāhmaṇas ;  gaṅgā —mother Ganges;  ca —also;  devī —direct representative of the Lord;  dhṛta —taken into;  cittam —heart;  īśe —unto the Lord;  dvija-upasṛṣṭaḥ —created by the  brāhmaṇa ;  kuhakaḥ —