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Questions by King Parīkṣit
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sometimes on the ocean and sometimes on hilltops. Certainly there are many troubles for the traveler when he is in such unknown places. But all such troubles are at once mitigated as soon as the sense of his family affection is remembered, and as soon as he returns home he forgets all such troubles on the way.
A pure devotee of the Lord is exactly in a family tie with the Lord, and therefore he is undeterred in discharging his duty in full affectionate tie with the Lord.
TEXT 7
यदधातुमतो ब्रह्मन् देहारम्भोऽस्य धातुभिः ।
यदृच्छया हेतुना वा भवन्तो जानते यथा ॥ ७ ॥
yad adhātu-mato brahman dehārambho'sya dhātubhiḥ yadṛcchayā hetunā vā bhavanto jānate yathā
yat—as it is; adhātu-mataḥ—without being materially constituted; brahman—O learned brāhmaṇa; deha—the material body; ārambhaḥ—the beginning of; asya—of the living being; dhātubhiḥ—by matter; yadṛcchayā—without cause, accidental; hetunā—due to some cause; vā—either; bhavantaḥ—your good self; jānate—as you may know it; yathā—so you inform me.
TRANSLATION
O learned brāhmaṇa, the transcendental spirit soul is different from the material body. Does he acquire the body accidentally or by some cause? Will you kindly explain this, for it is known to you.
PURPORT
Mahārāja Parīkṣit, being a typical devotee, is not only satisfied by confirming the importance of hearing the  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  from the representative of Brahmājī by discipline succession, but he is still more anxious to establish the philosophical basis of  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam .  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  is the science of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and as