Text 5]
The Activities of Mahārāja Priyavrata
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TRANSLATION
The King continued: O great brāhmaṇa, this is my great doubt. How was it possible for a person like King Priyavrata, who was so attached to wife, children and home, to achieve the topmost infallible perfection in Kṛṣṇa consciousness?
PURPORT
King Parīkṣit wondered how a person so attached to wife, children and home could become so perfectly Kṛṣṇa conscious. Prahlāda Mahārāja has said:
matir na kṛṣṇe parataḥ svato vā mitho 'bhipadyeta gṛhavratānām
A  gṛhavrata , one who has taken a vow to execute family duties, has no chance to become Kṛṣṇa conscious. This is because most  gṛhavratas  are guided by sense gratification and therefore gradually glide down to the darkest regions of material existence ( adānta-gobhir viśatāṁ tamisram ). How can they possibly become perfect in Kṛṣṇa consciousness? Mahārāja Parīkṣit asked Śukadeva Gosvāmī to resolve this great doubt.
TEXT 5
श्रीशुक उवाच
बाढमुक्तं भगवत उत्तमश्लोकस्य श्रीमच्चरणारविन्दमकरन्दरस आवेशित- चेतसो भागवतपरमहंस दयितकथां किञ्चिदन्तरायविहतां स्वां शिवतमां पदवीं न प्रायेण हिन्वन्ति ॥ ५ ॥
śrī-śuka uvāca
bāḍham uktaṁ bhagavata uttamaślokasya śrīmac- caraṇāravinda-makaranda-rasa āveśita-cetaso bhāgavata- paramahaṁsa-dayita-kathāṁ kiñcid antarāya-vihatāṁ svāṁ śivatamāṁ padavīṁ na prāyeṇa hinvanti.
śrī-śukaḥ uvāca —Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said;  bāḍham —correct:  uk- tam —what you have said;  bhagavataḥ —of the Personality of Godhead: