306 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 10, Ch. 12
TRANSLATION
O my lord, my spiritual master, although we are the lowest of
kgatriyas, we are glorified and benefited because we have the op-
portunity of always hearing from you the nectar of the pious ac-
tivities of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
PURPORT
The pious activities of the Supreme Personality of Godhead are very
confidential. It is not ordinarily possible to hear such activities unless one
is very, very fortunate. Pariksit Maharaja placed himself as ksatra-
bandhavah, which means “the lowest of the ksatriyas.” The qualities of
the ksatriya are described in Bhagavad-gitd, and although the general
quality of the ksatriya is isvara-bhava, the tendency to rule, a ksatriya is
not supposed to rule over a brdhmana. Thus Maharaja Pariksit regretted
that he had wanted to rule over the bréhmanas and had therefore been
cursed. He considered himself the lowest of the ksatriyas. Danam isvara-
bhavas ca ksétrarn karma svabhavajam (Bg. 18.43). There was no
doubt that Maharaja Pariksit had the good qualities of a ksatriya, but as a
devotee he presented himself, with submissiveness and humility, as the
lowest of the ksatriyas, remembering his act of wrapping a dead serpent
around the neck of a brdhmana. A student and disciple has the right to
ask the guru about any confidential service, and it is the duty of the guru
to explain these confidential matters to his disciple.
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sie Te TT Tet
MARAT AACA A |
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wea gaeoraeert: aa:
WET ARTA AAT levi
Sri-siita uvdca
ittharh sma prstah sa tu badarayanis
tat-smaritananta-hrtakhilendriyah
krechrat punar labdha-bahir-drsih sanaih
pratyaha tam bhagavatottamottama
