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The History of the Life of Ajāmila
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śrī-parikṣit uvāca —Mahārāja Parikṣit said;  nivṛtti-mārgaḥ —the path of liberation;  kathitaḥ —described;  ādau —in the beginning;  bhagavatā —by Your Holiness;  yathā —duly;  krama —gradually;  yoga-upalabdhena —obtained by the  yoga  process;  brahmaṇā —along with Lord Brahmā (after reaching Brahmaloka);  yat —by which way;  asaṁsṛtiḥ —cessation of the repetition of birth and death.
TRANSLATION
Mahārāja Parikṣit said: O my lord, O Śukadeva Gosvāmī, you have already described [in the Second Canto] the path of liberation [nivṛtti-mārga]. By following that path, one is certainly elevated gradually to the highest planetary system, Brahmaloka, from which one is promoted to the spiritual world along with Lord Brahmā. Thus one's repetition of birth and death in the material world ceases.
PURPORT
Since Mahārāja Parikṣit was a Vaiṣṇava, when he heard the description, at the end of the Fifth Canto, of the different hellish conditions of life, he was very much concerned with how to liberate the conditioned souls from the clutches of  māyā  and take them back home, back to Godhead. Therefore he reminded his spiritual master, Śukadeva Gosvāmī, about the  nivṛtti-mārga , or path of liberation, which he had described in the Second Canto. Mahārāja Parikṣit, who at the time of death was fortunate to have met Śukadeva Gosvāmī, inquired from Śukadeva Gosvāmī about the path of liberation at that crucial time. Śukadeva Gosvāmī very much appreciated his question and congratulated him by saying:
varīyān eṣa te praśnaḥ kṛto loka-hitaṁ nṛpa ātmavit-sammataḥ puṁsāṁ śrotavyādiṣu yaḥ paraḥ
“My dear King, your question is glorious because it is very beneficial for all kinds of people. The answer to this question is the prime subject matter for hearing, and it is approved by all transcendentalists.” ( Bhāg.  2.1.1)