Text 31] The Character of Bharata Maharaja 303

PURPORT

Holy places like Vrndavana, Hardwar, Prayaga and Jagannatha Puri
are especially meant for the execution of devotional service. Vrndavana
specifically is the most exalted and preferred holy place for Vaisnava
devotees of Lord Krsna who are aspiring to return back to Godhead, the
Vaikuntha planets. There are many devotees in Vrndavana who
regularly bathe in the Yamuna, and this cleanses all the contamination of
the material world. By constantly chanting and hearing the holy names
and pastimes of the Supreme Lord, one certainly becomes purified and
becomes a fit candidate for liberation. However, if one purposefully falls
victim to sense gratification, he has to be punished, at least for one
lifetime, like Bharata Maharaja.

Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the Fifth Canto, Eighth
Chapter, of the Srimad-Bhagavatam, entitled “A Description of the
Character of Bharata Maharaja.”
