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Pṛthu Mahārāja's Meeting with the Four Kumāras
893
TRANSLATION
King Pṛthu spoke: My dear great sages, auspiciousness personified, it is very difficult for even the mystic yogīs to see you. Indeed, you are very rarely seen. I do not know what kind of pious activity I performed for you to grace me by appearing before me without difficulty.
PURPORT
When something uncommon happens in one's progressive spiritual life, it should be understood to be incurred by  ajñāta-sukṛti , or pious activities beyond one's knowledge. To see personally the Supreme Personality of Godhead or His pure devotee is not an ordinary incident. When such things happen, they should be understood to be caused by previous pious activity, as confirmed in  Bhagavad-gītā :  yeṣām tv anta-gatam pāpam janā-nām puṇya-karmaṇām  (Bg. 7.28). One who is completely freed from all the resultant actions of sinful activities and who is absorbed only in pious activities can engage in devotional service. Although Mahārāja Pṛthu's life is full of pious activities, he was wondering how his audience with the Kumāras happened. He could not imagine what kind of pious activities he had performed. This is a sign of humility on the part of King Pṛthu, whose life was so full of pious activities that even Lord Viṣṇu also came to see him and predicted that the Kumāras would also come.
TEXT 8
किं तस्य दुर्लभतरमिह लोके परत्र च । यस्य विप्राः प्रसीदन्ति शिवो विष्णुश्च सानुगः॥ ८ ॥
kim tasya durlabhataram iha loke paratra ca yasya viprāḥ prasīdanti śivo viṣṇuś ca sānugaḥ
kim—what; tasya—his; durlabhataram—very rare to achieve; iha—in this world; loke—world; paratra—after death; ca—or; yasya—one whose; viprāḥ—the brāhmaṇas and Vaiṣṇavas; prasīdanti—become pleased; śivaḥ—all-auspicious; viṣṇuḥ—Lord Viṣṇu; ca—as well as; sānugaḥ—going along with.
TRANSLATION
Any person upon whom the brāhmaṇas and Vaiṣṇavas are pleased can achieve anything which is very rare to obtain in this world as well as after death. Not only that, but one also receives the favor of the auspicious Lord Śiva and Lord Viṣṇu, who accompany the brāhmaṇas and Vaiṣṇavas.