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devotees who have accepted eternal servitorship, and who for ordi-
nary persons is but another ordinary child. The cowherd boys,
having accumulated the results of pious activities for many lives,
were able to associate in this way with the Supreme Personality of
Godhead. How can one explain their great fortune?

PURPORT

As recommended by Srila Rapa Gosvami, tasmat kenépy upayena
manah krsne nivesayet (Bhakti-rasdmrta-sindhu 1.2.4). Somehow or
other, whether one thinks of Krsna as an ordinary human child, as the
source of the Brahman effulgence, as the origin of Paramatma, or as the
Supreme Personality of Godhead, one should concentrate one’s full at-
tention upon the lotus feet of Krsna. That is also the instruction of
Bhagavad-gita (18.66): sarva-dharman parityajya mam ekam saranam
vraja. Srimad-Bhagavatam is the easiest way of directly approaching
Krsna. Isvarah sadyo hrdy avarudhyate ‘tra krtibhih Susrisubhis tat-
ksanét (Bhag. 1.1.2). Diverting even a little of one’s attention toward
Krsna and activities in Krsna consciousness immediately enables one to
achieve the highest perfection of life. This is the purpose of the
Krsna consciousness movement. Lokasydajdnato vidvarns cakre sdtvata-
samhitam (Bhdg. 1.7.6). The secret of success is unknown to people in
general, and therefore Srila Vyasadeva, being compassionate toward the
poor souls in this material world, especially in this age of Kali, has given
us the Srimad-Bhagavatam. Srimad-bhagavatarh purénam amalarh yad
vaisnavaénam priyam (Bhdg. 12.13.18). For Vaignavas who are some-
what advanced, or who are fully aware of the glories and potencies of the
Lord, Srimad-Bhagavatam is a beloved Vedic literature. After all, we
have to change this body (tatha dehantara-praptih). If we do not care
about Bhagavad-gita and Srimad-Bhagavatam, we do not know what the
next body will be. But if one adheres to these two books — Bhagavad-gita
and Srimad-Bhagavatam—one is sure to obtain the association of Krsna
in the next life (tyaktva deham punar janma naiti mam eti so ’rjuna).
Therefore, distribution of Srimad-Bhagavatam all over the world is a
great welfare activity for theologians, philosophers, transcendentalists
and yogis (yogindm api sarvesém), as well as for people in general.
Janma-labhah parah purisém ante ndréyana-smrtih (Bhag. 2.1.6): if
we can somehow or other remember Krsna, Narayana, at the end of life,
our life will be successful.
