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Questions by King Parīkṣit
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Lord. Therefore a pure devotee may not associate with such gangs of atheists. A strong devotee of the Lord will not be misled by such atheistic propaganda of the nondevotees, but a neophyte devotee should be very cautious about them. A devotee should see to the right discharge of devotional service under the guidance of a bona fide spiritual master and should not stick only to the formalities. Under the direction of the bona fide spiritual master one should see how much service is being executed, and not simply in the matter of rituals. A devotee should not hanker after anything, but he should be satisfied with things that may automatically come to him by the will of the Lord. That should be the principle of a devotional life. And all these principles are easily learned under the guidance of a spiritual master like Śukadeva Gosvāmī. Mahārāja Parīkṣit inquired from Śukadeva correctly, and one should follow his example.
Mahārāja Parīkṣit inquired about the process of creation, maintenance and destruction of the material world, the process of Vedic rituals and the method of executing pious activities in terms of the supplementary  Vedas  like the  Purāṇas ,  Mahābhārata , etc. As explained before, the  Mahābhārata  is the history of ancient India, and so also the  Purāṇas . Pious acts are prescribed in the supplementary  Vedas (smṛtis) , and they are specifically mentioned in the matter of digging tanks and wells for water supply of the people in general. To implant trees on the public roads, to construct public temples and places of worship of God, to establish places of charity where the poor destitutes can be provided with foodstuff, and similar activities, are called  pūrta .
Similarly, the process of fulfilling the natural desires for sense gratification was also inquired about by the King for the benefit of all concerned.
TEXT 22
यो वानुशायिनां सर्गः पाषण्डस्य च सम्भवः । 
    आत्मनो बन्धमोक्षौ च व्यवस्थानं स्वरूपतः ॥२२॥
yo vānuśāyinām sargaḥ 
    pāṣaṇḍasya ca sambhavaḥ 
    ātmano bandha-mokṣau ca 
    vyavasthānam sva-rūpataḥ