Text 5] Questions by King Pariksit 425

Srnvatah—ol those who hear; sraddhayd--in earnestness; nityam—regu-
larly, always; grnatah—taking the matter; ca—also; sva-cestitam—seriously
by one’s own endeavor; kalena—duration: na—not; atidirghena—very pro-
longed time; bhagavan—the Personality of Godhead Sri Krsna; visate-
becomes manifest ; hrdi—within one’s heart.

TRANSLATION

Persons who hear Srimad-Bhagavatam regularly and are always taking
the matter very seriously will have the Personality of Godhead Sri Krsna
manifested in their hearts within a short time.

PURPORT

Cheap devotees or the material devotees of the Lord are very much
desirous to see the Lord personally without making any requisite qualifica-
tion. Such third-grade devotees should know well that material attachment
and seeing the Lord eye to eye cannot go together. It is not such a
mechanical process that the professional Bhagavatam reciters can do the
job on behalf of the third-grade materialist pseudo-devotee. The professional
men are useless in this connection because they are neither self-realized
nor interested in the liberation of the audience. They are simply interested
in maintaining the material establishment of family attachment and earning
some material benefits out of the profession. Maharaja Paritksit had no
more than seven days to live, but for others Maharaja Pariksit personally
recommends that one should hear Srimad-Bhagavatam regularly, nityam,
always by one’s own effort and with serious devotion also. That will help
one to see the Lord Sri Krsna manifested in one’s heart within no time.

The pseudo-devotee, however, is very anxious to see the Lord by his
whims, not making any serious effort to hear Srimad-Bhagavatam
regularly and without detachment from material benefit. That is not the
way recommended by an authority like Maharaja Pariksit, who heard and
benefitted by hearing Srimad-Bhdgavatam.

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IE: BNAN AA AAATAT |
Falla TAS HM: AoseA AA AT Ul 4 I
