 #div class="mw-parser-output"#
#h4##span class="mw-headline" id="TEXT_No._30"#TEXT No. 30#/span##/h4#
#div class="SB65verse"#
Sa esha loke vikhyatah parikshit iti yat prabhu.
Purvan dristam anudhyayan pariksheta naresu iha.
#/div#
#h4##span class="mw-headline" id="ENGLISH_SYNONYMS"#ENGLISH SYNONYMS#/span##/h4#
#div class="synonyms"#
Sa-he, esha—in this. Lock—world, Vikhyatah—famous, Parikshit—one who examines, Iti—thus, Yat—what, Prabhu—oh my king, Pnrvam—before, Dristam—seen, Anudhyayan—constantly contemplating, Pariksheta—shall examine, Naresu—unto every man, Iha—here.
#/div#
#h4##span class="mw-headline" id="TRANSLATION"#TRANSLATION#/span##/h4#
#div class="translation"#
He should become famous in this world as Parikshit (examiner) on account of his examining all human beings whether he is that personality whom he saw before his birth and thus constantly contemplating on Him.
#/div#
#h4##span class="mw-headline" id="PURPORT"#PURPORT#/span##/h4#
#div class="purport"#
Maharaj Parikshit fortunate as he was got impression of the Lord even from the womb of his mother and thus his contemplation on the Lord was constantly with him. Once the impression of the transcendental Form of the Lord is fixed up in one's mind he can ever forget him in any circumstances. Child Parikshit after coming out from the abdomen of his mother was in the habit of examining every body whether he was the same personality whom he saw first within the womb. But nobody could be equally or more attractive than the Lord and therefore he never accepted anyone as compared with the Lord. But the Lord was constantly with him by such examination and thus Maharaj Parikshit was always engaged in the devotional service of the Lord by remembrance.
#$p#Srila Jiva Goswami remarks in this connection that every child if he is given impression of the Lord from the very childhood certainly he becomes a great devotee of the Lord like Maharaj Parikshit. One may not be as fortunate as Maharaj Parikshit to have the opportunity of seeing the Lord in the womb of his mother but even he is not so much fortunate, he can be made so if the parents of the child desires him to be so. There is a practical example in my personal life in this connection. My father was a pure devotee of the Lord and when I was only four or five years old, my father gave me a couple of Forms of Radha and Krishna. In playful manner, I used to worship these deities along with my sister and I used to imitate the ways as they were being performed in a neighbourtng temple of Radha Govinda. By constant visit of this neighbouring temple and copying the ceremonies in connection with my own deities of play, I developed a natural affinity for the Lord. My father used to observe all the ceremonies befitting my position. Later on these activities were suspended due to my association in the schools and colleges and I became completely out of the way. But in my youthful days when I met my spiritual master Sri Srimad Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Goswami Maharaj, again I revived my old habit and the same play full deities became my worshipful deities in proper regulation. This was followed up till my leaving the family connection and I am pleased that my generous father gave the first impression which developed later into regulative devotional service by His Divine Grace. Maharaj Prahlad also advised that such impression of Godly relation must be inpregnated from the beginning of child hood otherwise one may miss the opportunity of human form of life which is very much valuable although it is temporary like others.
#/div#
#/div# |
#div class="mw-parser-output"##p class="mw-empty-elt"#
#h4##span class="mw-headline" id="TEXT_30"#TEXT 30#/span##/h4#
#div class="verse"#
#dl##dd#sa eṣa loke vikhyātaḥ#/dd#
#dd#parīkṣid iti yat prabhuḥ#/dd#
#dd#pūrvaṁ dṛṣṭam anudhyāyan#/dd#
#dd#parīkṣeta nareṣv iha#/dd##/dl#
#/div#
#h4##span class="mw-headline" id="SYNONYMS"#SYNONYMS#/span##/h4#
#div class="synonyms"#
#i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=saḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#saḥ#/i# — he; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=eṣaḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#eṣaḥ#/i# — in this; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=loke&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#loke#/i# — world; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=vikhyātaḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#vikhyātaḥ#/i# — famous; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=parīkṣit&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#parīkṣit#/i# — one who examines; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=iti&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#iti#/i# — thus; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=yat&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#yat#/i# — what; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=prabhuḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#prabhuḥ#/i# — O my King; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=pūrvam&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#pūrvam#/i# — before; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=dṛṣṭam&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#dṛṣṭam#/i# — seen; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=anudhyāyan&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#anudhyāyan#/i# — constantly contemplating; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=parīkṣeta&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#parīkṣeta#/i# — shall examine; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=nareṣu&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#nareṣu#/i# — unto every man; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=iha&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#iha#/i# — here.
#/div#
#h4##span class="mw-headline" id="TRANSLATION"#TRANSLATION#/span##/h4#
#div class="translation"#
So his son would become famous in the world as Parīkṣit [examiner] because he would come to examine all human beings in his search after that personality whom he saw before his birth. Thus he would come to constantly contemplate Him.
#/div#
#h4##span class="mw-headline" id="PURPORT"#PURPORT#/span##/h4#
#div class="purport"#
Mahārāja Parīkṣit, fortunate as he was, got the impression of the Lord even in the womb of his mother, and thus his contemplation on the Lord was constantly with him. Once the impression of the transcendental form of the Lord is fixed in one's mind, one can never forget Him in any circumstance. Child Parīkṣit, after coming out of the womb, was in the habit of examining everyone to see whether he was the same personality whom he first saw in the womb. But no one could be equal to or more attractive than the Lord, and therefore he never accepted anyone. But the Lord was constantly with him by such examination, and thus Mahārāja Parīkṣit was always engaged in the devotional service of the Lord by remembrance.
#$p##i#Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī remarks in this connection that every child, if given an impression of the Lord from his very childhood, certainly becomes a great devotee of the Lord like Mahārāja Parīkṣit#/i#. One may not be as fortunate as Mahārāja Parīkṣit to have the opportunity to see the Lord in the womb of his mother, but even if he is not so fortunate, he can be made so if the parents of the child desire him to be so. There is a practical example in my personal life in this connection. My father was a pure devotee of the Lord, and when I was only four or five years old, my father gave me a couple of forms of Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa. In a playful manner, I used to worship these Deities along with my sister, and I used to imitate the performances of a neighboring temple of Rādhā-Govinda. By constantly visiting this neighboring temple and copying the ceremonies in connection with my own Deities of play, I developed a natural affinity for the Lord. My father used to observe all the ceremonies befitting my position. Later on, these activities were suspended due to my association in the schools and colleges, and I became completely out of practice. But in my youthful days, when I met my spiritual master, Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Gosvāmī Mahārāja, again I revived my old habit, and the same playful Deities became my worshipful Deities in proper regulation. This was followed up until I left the family connection, and I am pleased that my generous father gave the first impression which was developed later into regulative devotional service by His Divine Grace. Mahārāja Prahlāda also advised that such impressions of a godly relation must be impregnated from the beginning of childhood, otherwise one may miss the opportunity of the human form of life, which is very valuable although it is temporary like others.
#/div#
#/div# |
Compare previous verse
|
Compare next verse 