Text 9] Maharaja Pariksit Cursed by a Brahmana Boy 937

TRANSLATION

Maharaja Pariksit considered that less intelligent men might find the
personality of Kali to be very powerful, but that those who are self-
controlled would have nothing to fear. The King was powerful like a tiger
and took care for the foolish, careless persons.

PURPORT

Those who are not devotees of the Lord are careless and unintelligent.
Unless one is thoroughly intelligent, one cannot be a devotee of the Lord.
Those who are not devotees of the Lord fall prey to the actions of Kali. It
will not be possible to bring about a saner condition in society unless we
are prepared to accept the modes of action adopted by Maharaja Paniksit,
i.e., propagation of devotional service of the Lord to the common man.

TEXT 9
Teatavara: TH wy aT |
TINTS aE TST HII

upavarnitam etad vah
punyam pariksitam maya

vasudeva-kathopetam
akhyanam yad aprcchata

upavarnitam—almost everything described; etat—all these; vah—unto
you; punyam— pious; partksitam—about Maharaja Pariksit; maya—by me;
vasudeva—of Lord Krsna; katha—narrations; upetam—in connection with;
akhyanam—statements; yat— what; aprcchata—you asked from me.

TRANSLATION

O sages, as you did ask me, now I have almost described everything
regarding the narrations about Lord Krsna in connection with the history
of the pious Maharaja Pariksit.

PURPORT

Srimad-Bhdgavatam is the history of the activities of the Lord. And the
activities of the Lord are performed in relation with the devotees of the
