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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 7, Ch. 15]
delivered. Nārada Muni encouraged Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira by saying, “You are already on the safe side because you, along with your entire family, have become a pure devotee of Kṛṣṇa.” By Kṛṣṇa’s grace, the Pāṇḍavas conquered in the Battle of Kurukṣetra and were saved from many dangers posed not only by kings but sometimes even by the demigods. Thus they are a practical example of how to live in security and safety by the grace of Kṛṣṇa. Everyone should follow the example of the Pāṇḍavas, who showed how to be saved by the grace of Kṛṣṇa. Our Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is intended to teach how everyone can live peacefully in this material world and at the end of life return home, back to Godhead. In the material world there are always dangers at every step ( padaṁ padaṁ yad vipadāṁ na teṣām ). Nonetheless, if one takes shelter of Kṛṣṇa without hesitation and keeps under the shelter of Kṛṣṇa, he can easily cross the ocean of nescience.  Samāśritā ye pada-pallava-plavaṁ mahat-padaṁ puṇya-yaśo murāreḥ . To the devotee, this great ocean of nescience becomes like a puddle of water in the hoofprint of a cow. A pure devotee, without embarrassing himself by trying for elevation in so many ways, stays in the safest position as a servant of Kṛṣṇa, and thus his life is eternally safe without a doubt.
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अहं पुराभवं कश्चिद् गन्धर्व उपवर्हणः ।
नाम्नातीते महाकल्पे गन्धर्वाणां सुसम्मतः ॥६९॥
ahaṁ purābhavaṁ kaścid gandharva upabarhaṇaḥ nāmnātīte mahā-kalpe gandharvāṇāṁ susammataḥ
aham—I myself; purā—formerly; abhavam—existed as; kaścit gandharvaḥ—one of the denizens of Gandharvaloka; upabarhaṇaḥ— Upabarhaṇa; nāmnā—by the name; atīte—long, long ago; mahā- kalpe—in a life of Brahmā, which is known as a mahā-kalpa; gandharvāṇāṁ—among the Gandharvas; su-sammataḥ—a very re- spectable person.