Text 5] Maharaja Panksit Cursed by a Brahmana Boy 933

sing, and who are constantly engaged in remembering the lotus feet of the
Lord, do not run the risk of having misconceptions at the last moment of
their lives.

PURPORT

The highest perfection of life is attained by remembering the transcen-
dental nature of the Lord at the last moment of one’s life. This perfection
of life is made possible by one who has learned the actual transcendental
nature of the Lord from the Vedic hymns sung by a liberated soul like
Sukadeva Gosvami or someone in that line of disciplic succession. There is
no gain in hearing the Vedic hymns from some mental speculator. When
the same is heard from an actual self-realized soul and is properly under-
stood by service and submission, everything becomes transparently clear.
Thus a submissive disciple is able to live transcendentally and continue to
the end of life. By scientific adaptation, one is able to remember the Lord
even at the end of life when the power of remembrance is slackened due
to derangement of bodily membranes. For a common man, it is very diffi-
cult to remember things as they are at the time of death, but by the grace
of the Lord and His bona fide devotees, the spiritual masters, one can get
this opportunity without difficulty. And it was done in the case of
Maharaja Panksit.

TEXTS

aca TAG Masisite aaa |
Tate HeeeatTT THT II

tavat kalir na prabhavet
pravisto’piha sarvatah

yavad ito mahan urvyam
abhimanyava eka-rat

tavat—so long; kalih—the personality of Kali; na—cannot; prabhavet—
flourish; pravistah—entered in; api—even though; iha—here; sarvatah—every-
where; yavat—as long as; isah—the Lord; mahan—great ; urvyam—powerful;
abhimanyavah—the son of Abhimanyu; eka-rat—the one emperor.

TRANSLATION

As long as the great, powerful son of Abhimanyu remains the Emperor
of the world, there is no chance of the Personality of Kali flourishing.
