172 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 2, Ch. 4

where there is darkness, there is no light. But an expert devotee can turn
everything to the path of light by service attitude of the Lord, and the best
example here is the Pandavas. Maharaja Yudhisthira and householders
like him can turn everything into light by dovetailing the so-called material
assets in the service of the Lord, but one who is not trained up or is unable
to turn everything to the service of the Lord (nirbandhah krsna-sambandhe)
must give up all material connection before he can be fit to hear and chant
the glories of the Lord, or in other words, one who has seriously heard
Srimad-Bhagavatam for one day even, like Maharaja Partksit, from a fit
personality like Sukadeva Gosvami, may be able to lose all affinity for
material things. There is no utility simply in imitating Maharaja Pariksit
and hearing Bhagavatam from professional men, even for seven hundred
years. To take Srimad-Bhégavatam as a means of maintaining family
expenditure is the grossest type of namaparadha offense at the feet of the
Lord (sarva-subha-kriya-simyam api pramddah).

TEXTS 3-4

qs BR sat oI AAAI: |
PMSA ACTA AeA Ul 3 II
tat Rat dre a Aafia aq |
Teed wala wea 2 TA Nv ll

papraccha cemam evartham
yan mam prechatha sattamah

krsnadnubhdava-sravane
§raddadhano maha-manah

samstham vijiiaya sannyasya
karma trai-vargikam ca yat

vasudeve bhagavati
atma-bhavam drdham gatah

papraccha—asked; ca—also; imam—this; eva—exactly like; artham—
purpose; yat—that; m@ém—unto me; prechatha—you are asking; sattamah—
O great sages; krsna-anubhava—rapt in the thought of Krsna; sravane—in
hearing; sraddadhanah—full of faith; maha-manah—great soul; samstham—
