Text 2] The First Step in God Realization 3

PURPORT

Even the very question is so nice that it is the best subject matter for
hearing. Simply by such questioning and hearing, one can achieve the
highest perfectional stage of life. Because Lord Krsna is the original
Supreme Person, any question about Him is original and perfect. Lord Sri
Caitanya Mahaprabhu said that the highest perfection of life is to achieve
transcendental loving service of Krsna. Because questions and answers
about Krsna elevate one to that transcendental position, the questions of
Maharaja Pariksit about Krsna philosophy are greatly glorified. Maharaja
Pariksit wanted to absorb his mind completely in Krsna, and such ab-
sorption can be effected simply by hearing about the uncommon activities
of Krsna. For instance, in the Bhagavad-gita it is stated that simply by
understanding the transcendental nature of Lord Krsna’s appearance,
disappearance, and activities, one can immediately return back to home,
back to Godhead, and never come back to this miserable condition of
material existence. It is very auspicious, therefore, to hear always about
Krsna. So Maharaja Pariksit requested Sukadeva Gosvami to narrate the
activities of Krsna so that he could engage his mind in Krsna. The activities
of Krsna are nondifferent from Himself. As long as one is engaged in
hearing such transcendental activities of Krsna, he remains aloof from the
conditional life of material existence. The topics of Lord Krsna are so
auspicious that they purify the speaker, the hearer, and the inquirer. They
are compared to the Ganges waters, which flow from the toe of Lord
Krsna. Wherever the Ganges waters go, they purify the land and the person
who bathes in them. Similarly, Krsne-katha or the topics of Krsna are so
pure that wherever they are spoken, the place, the hearer, the inquirer, the
speaker and all concerned become purified.

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MATa WaT TM Alea AAT: |
BTA Yer Teah yay |! <I
Srotavyadini rajendra
nrnam santi sahasrasah

apasyatam atma-tattvam
grhesu grha-medhinam

Srotavyadini—subject matter for hearing; rajendra—O Emperor; nrmam—
of the human society; santi—there are; sahasrasah—hundreds and thou-
