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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[ Canto 4, Ch. 28 ]
due to his previous pious activities. The conclusion is that all our activities are taken into consideration before we are awarded another body. Nārada Muni therefore advised Vyāsadeva to take to Kṛṣṇa consciousness, devotional service, and abandon all ordinary occupational duties. This advice was also given by Lord Kṛṣṇa Himself. Although a devotee may fall from the path of spiritual consciousness, he will nonetheless attain a human body in the home of a devotee or a rich man. In this way one can resume his devotional service.
TEXT 29
उपयेमे वीर्यपणां वैदर्भी मलयध्वजः । युधि निर्जित्य राजन्यान् पाण्ड्यः परपुरञ्जयः ॥२९॥
upayeme vīrya-paṇām vaidarbhīm malaya-dhvajaḥ yudhi nirjitya rājanyān pāṇḍyaḥ para-purañjayaḥ
upayeme—married; vīrya—of valor or prowess; paṇām—the prize; vaidarbhīm—daughter of Vidarbha; malaya-dhvajaḥ— Malayadhvaja; yudhi—in the fight; nirjitya—after conquering; rājanyān—other princes; pāṇḍyaḥ—best of the learned, or born in the country known as Pāṇḍu; para—transcendental; puram—city; jayaḥ—conqueror.
TRANSLATION
It was fixed that Vaidarbhī, daughter of King Vidarbha, was to be married to a very powerful man, Malayadhvaja, an inhabitant of the Pāṇḍu country. After conquering other princes, he married the daughter of King Vidarbha.
PURPORT
It is customary among  kṣatriyas  for a princess to be offered under certain conditions. For instance, Draupadī was offered in marriage to one who could pierce a fish with an arrow simply by seeing the reflection of that fish. Kṛṣṇa married one of His queens after conquering seven strong bulls. The Vedic system is for a daughter of a king to be offered under certain conditions. Vaidarbhī, the daughter of Vidarbha, was offered to a great