2 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 7, Ch. 10

PURPORT

After hearing about the activities of Prahlada Maharaja, a pure devo-
tee should be very anxious to follow in his footsteps, but such a devotee
might be disappointed, thinking that not every devotee can come to the
standard of Prahlada Maharaja. This is the nature of a pure devotee; he
always thinks himself to be the lowest, to be incompetent and un-
qualified. Thus after hearing the narration of Prahlada Maharaja’s ac-
tivities, Maharaja Yudhisthira, who was on the same standard of
devotional service as Prahlada, might have been thinking of his own
humble position. Narada Muni, however, could understand Maharaja
Yudhisthira’s mind, and therefore he immediately encouraged him by
saying that the Pandavas were not less fortunate; they were as good as
Prahlada Maharaja because although Lord Nrsitnhadeva appeared for
Prahlada, the Supreme Personality of Godhead in His original form as
Krsna was always living with the Pandavas. Although the Pandavas, be-
cause of the influence of Krsna’s yogamaya, could not think of their for-
tunate position, every saintly person, including the great sage Narada,
could understand it, and therefore they constantly visited Maharaja
Yudhisthira.

Any pure devotee who is constantly conscious of Krsna is naturally
very fortunate. The word nr-loke, meaning “within the material world,”
indicates that before the Pandavas there had been many, many devotees,
such as the descendants of the Yadu dynasty and Vasistha, Marici,
Kasyapa, Lord Brahma and Lord Siva, who were all extremely fortunate.
The Pandavas, however, were better than all of them because Krsna
Himself lived with them constantly. Narada Muni therefore specifically
mentioned that within this material world (nr-loke) the Pandavas were
the most fortunate.

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