Text 22] Life’s Ultimate Goal 13

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tam mopayatam pratiyantu viprd
ganga ca devi dhrta-cittam ise

dvijopasrstah kuhakas taksako va
dasatv alarm gayata visnu-gathah

SYNONYMS

tam—him; mad—me; upaydtam—surrendered; pratiyantu—you may know;
viprah—O brahmanas; ganga—mother Ganges; ca—and; devi—the demigod-
dess; dhrta—offered; cittam—whose mind; ise—unto the Supreme Personality of
Godhead; dvija-upasrstah—created by the brahmana; kuhakah—some trickery;
taksakah—snake-bird; vi—or; dasatu—let it bite; alam—never mind; gayata—
chant; visnu-gathah—the holy names of Lord Visnu.

TRANSLATION

“‘O brahmanas, just accept me as a completely surrendered soul, and let
mother Ganges, the representative of the Lord, also accept me in that way, for
| have already taken the lotus feet of the Lord into my heart. Let the snake-
bird—or whatever magical thing the brahmana created—bite me at once. |
only desire that you all continue singing the deeds of Lord Visnu.’

PURPORT

This is a verse from Srimad-Bhagavatam (1.19.15) spoken by Maharaja Pariksit
while he was sitting on the bank of the Ganges expecting to be bitten by a snake-
bird summoned by the curse of a brahmana boy named Srhgi, who was the son of
a great sage named Samika. News of the curse was conveyed to the King, who
prepared for his imminent death. Many great saintly persons, sages, brahmanas,
kings and demigods came to see him in his last days. Maharaja Pariksit, however,
was not at all afraid of being bitten by the snake-bird. Indeed, he requested all the
great personalities assembled to continue chanting the holy name of Lord Visnu.

TEXT 22
Fe-nww faa sir el ae ArH ae 4
krsna-sambandha vind kala vyartha nahi yaya

SYNONYMS

krsna-sambandha_ vind—without a connection with Krsna; kdla—time;
vyartha—useless; nahi yaya—does not become.
