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was attracted by the narration of the Bhagavatam is thus completely
answered by this sloka.
TEXT 12
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pariksito ’tha rajarser
Janma-karma-vilapanam
samstham ca pandu-putranam
vaksye krsna-kathodayam
pariksitah—of King Pariksit; atha—thus; rajarseh—of the King who
was the ysi among the kings; janma—birth; karma—activities; vilapanam—
deliverance; sarmstham—renunciation of the world; ca—and; pandu-
putranam-—of the sons of Pandu;vaksye—! shall speak; krsna-katha-udayam
—that which gives rise to the transcendental narration of Krsna, the
Supreme Personality of Godhead.
TRANSLATION
Sita Gosvami thus addressed the rsis headed by Saunaka: Now I shall
begin the iranscendental narration of the Lord Sri Krsna and topics of the
birth, activities and deliverance of King Pariksit, the sage amongst kings,
as well as topics of the renunciation of the worldly order by the sons
of Pandu.
PURPORT
Lord Krsna is so kind to the fallen souls that He personally incarnates
Himself amongst the different kinds of living entities and takes part with
them in daily activities. Any historical fact old or new which has a
connection with the activities of the Lord is to be understood as a
transcendental narration of the Lord. Without Krsna, all the supplementary
literatures like the Puranas and Mahabharata are simply stories or historical
facts. But with Krsna they become transcendental, and when we hear of
them we at once become transcendentally related with the Lord. Srimad-
Bhdgavatam is also a Purana, but the special significance of this Purana
is that the activities of the Lord are central and not just supplementary
