346 Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead

hunting process, they are not freed from the contamination of other
sinful reactions. Therefore it does not matter whether one is ksatriya,
vais ya, or brahmana; everyone is recommended to take sannyasa at the end
of life, to engage himself completely in the service of the Lord and thus
become freed from all sinful reactions of his past life.

The Lord then assured King Mucukunda, “In your next life you will
take your birth as a first-class Vaisnava, the best of brahmanas, and in that
life your only business will be to engage yourself in My transcendental
service.” The Vaisnava is the first-class brahmana, because one who has not
acquired the qualification of a bona fide brahmana cannot come to the
platform of a Vaisnava. When one comes to the platform of a Vaisnava, he
is completely engaged in welfare activities for all living entities. The
highest welfare activity for living entities is the preaching of Krsna
consciousness. It is stated herein that those who are specifically favored by
the Lord can become absolutely Krsna conscious and be engaged in the
preaching work of the Vaisnava philosophy.

Thus ends the Bhak tivedanta purport of the Fiftieth Chapter of Krsna,
“Deliverance of Mucukunda.”
