Text 17] Appearance of Sukadeva Gosvami 1005
TRANSLATION

Again, offering obeisances unto all you brahmanas, I pray that if I
should again take my birth in the material world I will have complete
attachment to the unlimited Lord Krsna, association with His devotees
and friendly relations with all living beings.

PURPORT

That a devotee of the Lord is the only perfect living being is explained
herein by Maharaja Pariksit. A devotee of the Lord is no one’s enemy,
although there may be many enemies of a devotee. A devotee of the Lord
does not like to associate with non-devotees, although he has no enmity
with them. He desires association with the devotees of the Lord. This is
perfectly natural because birds of the same feather mix together. And the
most important function of a devotee is to have complete attachment for
Lord Sri Krsna, the father of all living beings. As a good son of the father
behaves friendly with all his other brothers, so also the devotee of the
Lord, being a good son of the supreme father, Lord Krsna, sees all other
living beings in relation with the supreme father. He tries to bring back the
upstart sons of the father to a saner stage and to get them to accept the
supreme fatherhood of God. Maharaja Pariksit was certainly going back to
Godhead, but even if he were not to go back, he prayed for a pattern of
life which is the most perfect way in the material world. A pure devotee
does not desire the company of a personality as great as Brahma, but he

prefers the association of a petty living being, provided he is a devotee of
the Lord.

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iti sma rajadh yavasaya-yuktah
pracina-mulesu kusesu dhirah

udanmukho daksina-kula aste
samudra-patnyah sva-suta-nyasta-bharah
