Text 48]
Instructions by Mahārāja Pṛthu
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devotees of the Lord come to this material world with full compassion to deliver the sinful. They undergo all kinds of tribulations, suffering them with tolerance, because that is another qualification of a Vaiṣṇava, who tries to deliver all sinful persons from the hellish conditions of material existence. Vaiṣṇavas are therefore offered the following prayer:
vāñchā-kalpatarubhyaś ca kṛpā-sindhubhya eva ca patitānām pāvanebhyo vaiṣṇavebhyo namo namaḥ
The chief concern of a Vaiṣṇava is to deliver the fallen souls.
TEXT 48
वीरवर्य पितः पृथ्व्याः समाःसञ्जीव शाश्वतीः । यस्मेष्टश्चन्युते मक्तिः सर्वलोकैकमतरि ॥४८॥
vīra-varya pitaḥ pṛthvyāḥ samāḥ sañjīva śāśvatiḥ yasyedṛśy acyute bhaktiḥ sarva-lokaika-bhartari
vīra-varya—the best of the warriors; pitaḥ—the father; pṛthvyāḥ—of the globe; samāḥ—equal to in years; sañjīva—live; śāśvatiḥ—forever; yasya—whose; īdṛśī—like this; acyute—unto the Supreme; bhaktiḥ—devotion; sarva—all; loka—planets; eka—one; bhartari—maintainer.
TRANSLATION
All the saintly brāhmaṇas thus addressed Pṛthu Mahārāja: O best of the warriors, O father of this globe, may you be blessed with a long life, for you have great devotion to the infallible Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is the master of all the universe.
PURPORT
Pṛthu Mahārāja was blessed by the saintly persons present at the meeting to have a long life because of his unflinching faith and his devotion to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Although one's duration of life is limited in years, if by chance one becomes a devotee, he surpasses the duration prescribed for his life; indeed, sometimes  yogīs  die according to their wish, not according to the laws of material nature. Another feature of a devotee is that he lives forever because of his infallible devotion to the Lord. It is said,  kīrtir yasya sa jīvati : “●ne who leaves a good reputation behind him