280 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 7, Ch. 15

delivered. Narada Muni encouraged Maharaja Yudhisthira by saying,
“You are already on the safe side because you, along with your entire
family, have become a pure devotee of Krsna.”” By Krsna’s grace, the
Pandavas conquered in the Battle of Kuruksetra and were saved from
many dangers posed not only by kings but sometimes even by the
demigods. Thus they are a practical example of how to live in security
and safety by the grace of Krsna. Everyone should follow the example of
the Pandavas, who showed how to be saved by the grace of Krsna. Our
Krsna consciousness movement is intended to teach how everyone can
live peacefully in this material world and at the end of life return home,
back to Godhead. In the material world there are always dangers at every
step (padarh padam yad vipadam na tesam). Nonetheless, if one takes
shelter of Krsna without hesitation and keeps under the shelter of Krsna,
he can easily cross the ocean of nescience. Samasrita ye pada-pallava-
plavam mahat-padam punya-yaso murdreh. To the devotee, this great
ocean of nescience becomes like a puddle of water in the hoofprint of a
cow. A pure devotee, without embarrassing himself by trying for eleva-
tion in so many ways, stays in the safest position as a servant of Krsna,
and thus his life is eternally safe without a doubt.

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we saad afer need | syaeT: |
ATATA A METRY Taga FAA: EI

aham purabhavam kascid
gandharva upabarhanah

namnatite mahd-kalpe
gandharvanam susammatah

aham—I myself; purd—formerly; abhavam—existed as; kascit
gandharvah—one of the denizens of Gandharvaloka; upabarhanah—
Upabarhana; ndmnad—by the name; atite—long, long ago; mahda-
kalpe—in a life of Brahma, which is known as a mahd-kalpa;
gandharvandm—among the Gandharvas; su-sammatah—a very re-
spectable person.
