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opportunity. Simply by hearing Bhagavad-gita and chanting the Hare
Krsna mahd-mantra, one becomes completely purified. Thus the strug-
gle for existence ceases, and one goes back home, back to Godhead.
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HATA TE AAA TAA IH [Rw
Sri-Suka uvdca
ity abhdsya surdn vedhah
saha devair arindama
ajitasya padam saksaj
Jagama tamasah param
Sri-Sukah uvaca—Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said; iti—thus; a@bhasya—
talking; surdn —unto the demigods; vedhah—Lord Brahma, who is the
head of this universe and who gives everyone good sense in Vedic knowl-
edge; saha—with; devaih—the demigods; arim-dama—O Maharaja
Pariksit, subduer of all kinds of enemies (such as the senses) ; ajitasya —
of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; padam—to the place; saksat—
directly; jagama—went; tamasah—the world of darkness; param—
transcendental to, beyond.
TRANSLATION
O Maharaja Pariksit, subduer of all enemies, after Lord Brahma
finished speaking to the demigods, he took them with him to the
abode of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, which is beyond
this material world. The Lord’s abode is on an island called
Svetadvipa, which is situated in the ocean of milk.
PURPORT
Maharaja Pariksit is addressed here as arindama, “‘subduer of all
enemies.” Not only do we have enemies outside of our bodies, but within
