Text 39] Maharaja Prthu’s Going Back Home 1023

own benefit but should induce others to read and hear about them also.
In this way everyone can be benefited.

TEXT 39

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anudinam idam adarena srnvan
prthu-caritam prathayan vimukta-sangah
bhagavati bhava-sindhu-pota-pade
sa ca nipunam labhate ratim manusyah

anudinam—day after day; idam—this; adarena—with great respect;
Srnvan—hearing; prthu-caritam—the narration of Prthu Maharaja;
prathayan—chanting; vimukta—liberated; sangah—association; bhagavati—
unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead; bhava-sindhu—the ocean of
nescience; pota—the boat; pade—whose lotus feet; sah—he; ca—also;
nipunam—complete; labhate—achieves; ratim—attachment; manusyah—the
person.

TRANSLATION

Whoever, with great reverence and adoration, regularly reads, chants and
describes the history of Maharaja Prthu’s activities will certainly increase
unflinching faith and attraction for the lotus feet of the Lord. The Lord’s
lotus feet are the boat by which one can cross the ocean of nescience.

PURPORT

The word bhava-sindhu-pota-pdde is significant in this verse. The lotus
feet of the Lord are known as mahat-padam; this means that the total
source of material existence rests on the lotus feet of the Lord. As stated
in Bhagavad-gita (Bg. 10.8), aharh sarvasya prabhavah: everything is
emanating from Him. This cosmic manifestation, which is compared to an
ocean of nescience, is also resting on the lotus feet of the Lord. As such,
this great ocean of nescience is minimized by a person who is a pure
devotee. One who has taken shelter of the lotus feet of the Lord need not
cross over the ocean because he has already crossed it by virtue of his
position at the Lord’s lotus feet. By hearing and chanting of the glories
