Text 5] The Activities of Maharaja Priyavrata 7

TRANSLATION

The King continued: O great brahmana, this is my great doubt.
How was it possible for a person like King Priyavrata, who was so
attached to wife, children and home, to achieve the topmost infal-
lible perfection in Krsna consciousness?

PURPORT

King Pariksit wondered how a person so attached to wife, children and
home could become so perfectly Krsna conscious. Prahlada Maharaja has
said:

matir na krsne paratah svato va
mitho ’bhipadyeta grhavratanadm

A grhavrata, one who has taken a vow to execute family duties, has no
chance to become Krsna conscious. This is because most grhavratas are
guided by sense gratification and therefore gradually glide down to the
darkest regions of material existence (adénta-gobhir visatam tamisram).
How can they possibly become perfect in Krsna consciousness? Maharaja
Pariksit asked Sukadeva Gosvami to resolve this great doubt.

TEXT 5
MYR SUT
Wey Wad saasaa vanedsecaneaa wak-

aaa aaa ahaa ease at Raat
qeat a mam fear 4

Sri-Suka uvaca
badham uktam bhagavata uttamaslokasya srimac-
carandaravinda-makaranda-rasa dvesita-cetaso bhagavata-
paramahamsa-dayita-katham kircid antardya-vihatarh svam
Sivatamam padavim na prayena hinvanti.

sri-Sukah uvdca—Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said: badham—correct: uk-
tam—what you have said; bhagavatah—of the Personality of Godhead:
