Text 7] Questions by King Pariksit 429

sometimes on the ocean and sometimes on hilltops. Certainly there are
many troubles for the traveler when he is in such unknown places. But all
such troubles are at once mitigated as soon as the sense of his family
affection is remembered, and as soon as he returns home he forgets all
such troubles on the way.

A pure devotee of the Lord is exactly in a family tie with the Lord, and
therefore he is undeterred in discharging his duty in full affectionate tie
with the Lord.

TEXT 7

TONAAA AM] ZETAISA AWA: |
FEA SAA Al WAKA BAA FAT 9 II

yad adhatu-mato brahman
deharambho’sya dhatubhih

yadrechaya hetuna va
bhavanto janate yatha

yat—as it is; adhatu-matah—without being materially constituted;
brahman—O learned brahmana; deha—the material body; arambhah—the
beginning of; asya—of the living being; dhatubhih—by matter; yadrcchaya—
without cause, accidental; hetuna—due to some cause; va—either; bhavantah
—your good self; janate—as you may know it; yatha—so you inform me.

TRANSLATION

O learned brahmana, the transcendental spirit soul is different from
the material body. Does he acquire the body accidentally or by some
cause? Will you kindly explain this, for it is known to you.

PURPORT

Maharaja Pariksit, being a typical devotee, is not only satisfied by
confirming the importance of hearing the Srimad-Bhagavatam from the
representative of Brahmaji by disciplic succession, but he is still more
anxious to establish the philosophical basis of Srimad-Bhagavatam. Srimad-
Bhagavatam is the science of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and as
