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The Activities of Mahārāja Priyavrata
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Therefore even though he had accepted material opulences, he could not be deviated from his own task. He again became Kṛṣṇa conscious. As confirmed in  Bhagavad-gītā :
nehābhikrama-nāśo 'sti pratyavāyo na vidyate svalpam apy asya dharmasya trāyate mahato bhayāt
“In devotional service there is no loss or diminution, and even a small service rendered in devotional life is sufficient to save one from the greatest danger.” (Bg. 2.40) Such renunciation as Mahārāja Priyavrata's is possible only by the grace of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Generally when people are powerful or when they have a beautiful wife, a beautiful home and material popularity, they become more and more entangled. Priyavrata Mahārāja, however, having been completely trained by the great sage Nārada, revived his Kṛṣṇa consciousness in spite of all impediments.
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परदेवताप्रसादाधिगतात्मप्रत्यवमर्शेनानुप्रवृत्तेभ्यः पुत्रेभ्य इमां यथादायं विभज्य भुक्तमोगां च महिषीं मृतकमिव सहमहाविभूतिमपहाय स्वयं निहितनिर्वेदो हृदि गृहीतहरिविहारानुभावो भगवतो नारदस्य पदवीं पुनरेवानुससार ॥ ३८ ॥
para-devatā-prasādādhigatātma-pratyavamarśenānupravṛttebhyaḥ putrebhya imām yathā-dāyam vibhajya bhukta-bhogām ca mahiṣīm mṛtakam iva saha mahā-vibhūtim apahāya svayam nihita-nirvedo hṛdi gṛhīta-hari-vihārānubhāvo bhagavato nāradasya padavīm punar evānusasāra.
para-devatā —of the Supreme Personality of Godhead:  prasāda —by the mercy;  adhigata —obtained;  ātma-pratyavamarśena —by self-realization;  anupravṛttebhyaḥ —who exactly follow his path: