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they see the Deity form of the Lord in the temples; in that way, they
become liberated from all material contamination and at the end of the
body enter into the kingdom of God. This perfection is possible simply by
keeping the form of the Lord within the mind. But inthe case of Aghasura,
the Supreme Personality of Godhead personally entered. Aghdsura’s posi-
tion was therefore greater than the ordinary devotee’s or the greatest
yogis.

Maharaja Pariksit, who was engaged in hearing the transcendental
pastimes of Lord Krsna (who saved the life of Maharaja Pariksit while he
was in the womb of his mother), became more and more interested to
hear about Him. And thus he questioned the sage Sukadeva Gosvami, who
was reciting Srimad-Bhagavatam before the King.

King Pariksit was a bit astonished to understand that the killing of the
Aghasura demon was not discussed for one year, until after the boys
attained the pauganda age. Maharaja Pariksit was very inquisitive to learn
this, for he was sure that such an incident was due to the working of
Krsna’s different energies.

Generally, the ksatriyas or the administrative class are always busy with
their political affairs, and they have very little chance to hear about the
transcendental pastimes of Lord Krsna. But while Pariksit Maharaja was
hearing these transcendental pastimes, he considered himself to be very
fortunate because he was hearing from Sukadeva Gosvami, the greatest
authority on the Srimad-Bhagavatam. Thus being requested by Maharaja
Pariksit, Sukadeva Gosvami continued to speak about the transcendental
pastimes of Lord Krsna in the matter of His form, quality, fame and
paraphernalia.

Thus ends the Bhaktivedanta purport of the Twelfth Chapter of Krsna,
“The Killing of the Aghdsura Demon.”
