46 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 7, Ch. 1

TRANSLATION

Maharaja Yudhisthira inquired: What kind of great curse could
affect even liberated visnu-bhaktas, and what sort of person could
curse even the Lord’s associates? For unflinching devotees of the
Lord to fall again to this material world is impossible. I cannot
believe this.

PURPORT
In Bhagavad-gita (8.16) the Lord clearly states, mam upetya tu kaun-

teya punar janma na vidyate: one who is purified of material contamina-
tion and returns home, back to Godhead, does not return to this material

world. Elsewhere in Bhagavad-gita (4.9) Krsna says:

Janma karma ca me divyam
evam yo vetti tattvatah
tyaktva deham punar janma
naiti mam eti so ’rjuna

“One who knows the transcendental nature of My appearance and ac-
tivities does not, upon leaving the body, take his birth again in this ma-
terial world, but attains My eternal abode, O Arjuna.” Maharaja
Yudhisthira, therefore, was surprised that a pure devotee could return to
this material world. This is certainly a very important question.

TEXT 35

Ras bela wot

dehendriydsu-hinanam
vaikuntha-pura-vésinam

deha-sambandha-sambaddham
etad akhyatum arhasi

deha—of a material body; indriya—material senses; asu—life
breath; hinéném—of those devoid; vaikuntha-pura—of Vaikuntha;
vdsindm—of the residents; deha-sambandha—in a material body; sam-
baddham—bondage; etat—this; akhydtum arhasi—please describe.
