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occupied by an impersonalist. It is also stated in the Bhagavad-gita
(Bg. 12.5) that persons stuck on the impersonal step undergo more
sufferings than achievement of reality. Therefore knowledge imparted by
Sukadeva Gosvami unto Maharaja Pariksit helped him attain the service of
the Lord. And to attain to this stage of perfection is called apavarga, or
the perfect stage of liberation. Simple knowledge of liberation is material
knowledge. Actual freedom from material bondage is called liberation, but
to attain the transcendental service of the Lord is called the perfect stage
of liberation. Such a stage is attained by knowledge and renunciation, as
we have already explained (Bhag. 1.2.12), and perfect knowledge, as
delivered by Srila Sukadeva Gosvami, results in the attainment of tran-
scendental service of the Lord.

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tan nah param punyam asamurtartham
akhyanam aty adbhuta-yoganistham

akhyahy-anantacaritopapannam
pariksitam bhagavatabhiramam

tat—therefore; nah—unto us; param—supreme; pumyam—purifying;
asarnurtartham—as it is; dkhyanam—narration; ati—very; adbhuta—wonder-
ful; yoganistham—compact in bhakti-yoga; akhyahi—describe; ananta—the
Unlimited; acanta—activities; upapannam—full of; pariksitam—spoken to
Maharaja Pariksit; bhagavata—of the pure devotees; abhiramam-— particu-
larly very dear.

TRANSLATION

Thus please narrate to us the narrations of the Unlimited, for they are
purifying and supreme. They were spoken to Maharaja Pariksit, and they
are very dear to the pure devotees, being full of bhakti-yoga.

PURPORT

What was spoken to Maharaja Panksit and what is very dear to the pure
devotees is Srimad-Bhagavatam. Srimad-Bhagavatam is mainly full of the
narrations of the activities of the Supreme Unlimited, and therefore it is
