Text 15] Appearance of Sukadeva Gosvami 1003

one who is affected; bhayam—fearlessness; asu—very soon; dhatte—take
place.

TRANSLATION

The Supreme Personality of Godhead, the controller of both the
transcendental and mundane worlds, has graciously overtaken me in the
form of a brahmana’s curse. Due to my being too much attached to family
life, the Lord, in order to save me, has appeared before me in such a way
that out of fear only I will detach myself from the world.

PURPORT

Maharaja Parksit, although born in a family of great devotees, the
Pandavas, and although securely trained in transcendental attachment for
the association of the Lord, still found the allurement of mundane family
life so strong that he had to be detached by a plan of the Lord. Such
direct action is taken up by the Lord in the case of a special devotee.
Maharaja Pariksit could understand this by the presence of the topmost
transcendentalists in the universe. The Lord resides with His devotees, and
therefore the presence of the great saints indicated the presence of the
Lord. The King therefore welcomed the presence of the great rsis as a
mark of favor of the Supreme Lord.

TEXT 15
q aad afar fom
TH aT Mat ata |
fiver: gaat aT
STAG TAG FMT: I 84 I
tam mopayatam pratiyantu vipra
ganga ca devi dhrta-cittam ise

dvijopasrstah kuhakas taksako va
dasatv alam gayata visnu-gathah

tam—for that reason; ma—me; upayatam—taken shelter of; pratiyantu—
just accept me; viprah—O brahmanas; ganga—mother Ganges; ca~also;
devi—direct representative of the Lord; dhrta—taken into; cittam—heart;
ise—unto the Lord; dvija-upasrstah—created by the brahmana; kuhakah—
