Text 13] The First Step in God Realization 23
TEXT 13
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khatvango nama rajarsir
Jnatveyattam ihayusah
muhirtat sarvam utsrjya
gatavan abhayar harim
khatvangah—King Khatvanga; naéma—name; rajarsih—saintly king; jnatua
—by knowing; iyattam—duration; iha—in this world; a@yusah—of one’s life;
muhirtat—within only a moment; sarvam—everything; utsrjya—leaving
aside; gatavan—had undergone; abhayam—fully safe; harim—the Personality
of Godhead.
TRANSLATION
The saintly King, Maharaja Khatvanga, after being informed that the
duration of his life would be only a moment more, at once got himself
freed from all material activities and took shelter of the supreme safety,
the Personality of Godhead.
PURPORT
A fully responsible man should always be conscious of the prime duty
of the present human form of life. The activities of life to meet the
immediate necessities of material life are not everything. One should always
be alert in his duty for attainment of the best situation in the next life.
Human life is meant for preparing ourselves for that prime duty. Maharaja
Khatvanga is mentioned herein as the saintly King because even within the
responsibility of the state management, he was not at all forgetful of the
prime duty of life. Such was the case with other rajarsis (saintly kings),
like Maharaja Yudhisthira and Maharaja Pariksit. They were all exemplary
personalities on account of their being alert in discharging their prime duty.
Maharaja Khatvanga was invited by the demigods in the higher planets to
fight demons, and as a king, he fought the battles to the full satisfaction
of the demigods. The demigods, being fully satisfied with him, wanted to
give him some benediction for material enjoyment, but Maharaja
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