Text 11] Maharaja Panksit Cursed by a Brahmana Boy 939
TEXT 11
WIT TF:
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aed ate Beores ReataeTa FF a 12 2H
rsaya ucuh
suta jiva samah saumya
Sasvatir visadam yasah
yas tvam samsasi krsnasya
martyanam amrtam hi nah
Sri rsayah ucuh—the good sages said; suta—O Suta Gosvami; jiva—we
wish you life for; samah—many years; saumya—grave; sasvatih—eternal;
visadam-— particularly; yasah—in fame; yah tvam—because you; samsasi—
speaking nicely; krsnasya—of Lord Sri Krsna; martyanam—of those who
die; amrtam—eternity of life; hi—certainly; nah—our.
TRANSLATION
The good sages said: O grave Suta Gosvami! May you live many years
and have eternal fame, for you are speaking very nicely about the activities
of Lord Krsna the Personality of Godhead. This is just like nectar for
mortal beings like us.
PURPORT
When we hear about the transcendental qualities and activities of the
Personality of Godhead, we may always remember what has been spoken
by the Lord Himself in the Bhagavad-gita (Bg. 4.9). His acts, even when
He acts in human society, are all transcendental, for they are all accen-
tuated by the spiritual energy of the Lord, which is distinguished from His
material energy. As stated in the Bhagavad-gita, such acts are called
divyam. This means that He does not act or take His birth like an ordinary
living being under the custody of material energy. Nor is His body material
nor changeable like that of ordinary living beings. And one who under-
stands this fact, either from the Lord or from authorized sources, is not
reborn after leaving the present material body. Such an enlightened soul is
