Text 8] Prthu Maharaja’s Meeting with the Four Kumaras 893

TRANSLATION

King Prthu spoke: My dear great sages, auspiciousness personified, it is
very difficult for even the mystic yogis to see you. Indeed, you are very
rarely seen. I do not know what kind of pious activity | performed for you
to grace me by appearing before me without difficulty.

PURPORT

When something uncommon happens in one’s progressive spiritual life,
it should be understood to be incurred by ajnata-sukrti, or pious activities
beyond one’s knowledge. To see personally the Supreme Personality of
Godhead or His pure devotee is not an ordinary incident. When such
things happen, they should be understood to be caused by previous pious
activity, as confirmed in Bhagavad-gita: yesam tv anta-gatam papam jana-
nam punya-karmanam (Bg. 7.28). One who is completely freed from all
the resultant actions of sinful activities and who is absorbed only in pious
activities can engage in devotional service. Although Maharaja Prthu’s life
is full of pious activities, he was wondering how his audience with the
Kumaras happened. He could not imagine what kind of pious activities he
had performed. This is a sign of humility on the part of King Prthu, whose
life was so full of pious activities that even Lord Visnu also came to see him
and predicted that the Kumaras would also come.

TEXT 8

fe qa qoaathie sa TT TI
Te fiom: seflafed frat Peers aaa < UI

kim tasya durlabhataram
tha loke paratra ca

yasya viprah prasidanti
Sivo visnus ca sanugah

kim—what; tasya—his; durlabhataram—very rare to achieve; iha—in this
world; loke—world;paratra—after death;ca—or; yasya—one whose; viprah—
the brahmanas and Vaisnavas; prasidanti—become pleased; sivah—all-
auspicious; visnuh—Lord Visnu; ca—as well as; sanugah—going along with.

TRANSLATION

Any person upon whom the brahmanas and Vaisnavas are pleased can
achieve anything which is very rare to obtain in this world as well as after
death. Not only that, but one also receives the favor of the auspicious
Lord Siva and Lord Visnu, who accompany the brahmanas and Vaisnavas.
