Text 3] Questions by King Pariksit 4.23

One who takes it as belonging to a particular sect is certainly mistaken.
Srimad-Bhagavatam is certainly a very dear seripture for the devotees of
the Lord, but it is auspicious even for the nondevoteces also because it
explains that even the nondevotees hovering under the spell of material
energy can be delivered from such clutches if they hear with devotion and
attention the narration of the Srimad-Bhdgavatam from the right: source
representing the Lord by disciplic succession,

TEXT 3

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kathayasva mahabhaga
yathaham akhilatmani

krsne nivesya nihsangam
manas tyaksye kalevaram

kathayasva—please continue speaking; mahabhaga—O greatly fortunate
one; yatha—as much as; aham—|; akhila-atmani—unto the Supreme Soul;
krsne—unto Lord Sri Krsna; nivesya—having placed ;nihsangam—being freed
from material qualities; manah—mind; tyaksye—may relinquish; kalevaram
—body.

TRANSLATION

O greatly fortunate Sukadeva Gosvami, please continue narrating
Srimad-Bhagavatam so that I can place my mind upon the Supreme Soul,
Lord Krsna, and, being completely freed from material qualities, thus

relinquish this body.
PURPORT

To be fully engaged in hearing the transcendental narration described in
the text of Srimad-Bhagavatam means to be constantly associated with the
Supreme Soul Sri Krsna. And to be constantly associated with the Supreme
Lord Krsna means to be liberated from the qualities of matter. Lord Krsna
is like the sun, and the material contamination is like the darkness. As
darkness is dissipated in the presence of the sun, so to be constantly
