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Tatas cha vah prichhyam imam viprichhe
Visravya vipra iti krityatayam.
Sarvatmana mriyamanais cha krityam
Suddham cha tatra amrisatabhi yuktah.
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Tatas—as such, Cha—and, Vah—unto you, Prichhyam—that which is to be asked, Imam—this, Viprichhe—beg to ask you, Visravya—trustworthy, Viprah—brahmins, Iti—thus, Krityatayam—out of all different duties, Sarvatmana—by everyone, Mriyamanais—especially those who are just to die, Cha—and, Krityam—dutiful, Suddham—perfectly correct, Cha—as well, Cha—and, Tatra—therein, Amrisatabhi—by complete deliberation, Yuktam—just be fitting.
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Oh the trustworthy brahmins, I am just putting the question before you all as to my immediate duty. You can, after proper deliberation, let me know as to what may be the unalloyed duty of everyone in all circumstances and specifically of them who are to die immediately.
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In this verse the king has placed two questions before the learned sages. The first question is what is the duty of everyone in all circumstances and the second question is what is the specific duty of one who is to die very shortly. Out of the two the question in realation of the dying man is most important because everyone is a dying man either very shortly or after one hundred years. The duration of life is immaterial but the duty of a dying man is more important. Maharaj Prikshit placed these two questions before Sukhadeva Goswami also on his arrival on the spot and practically the whole of the Srimad Bhagwatam beginning from the second canto upto the last twelfth canto only these two questions have been dealt with by the great Goswami Sukdevaji. And the conclusion arrived thereof is that devotional service of the Lord Sri Krishna as it is confirmed by the Lord Himself in the last phases of the Bhagwat Geeta, is the last word in the matter of everyone's permanent duty of life. Maharaj Parikshit was already aware of this fact but he wanted that the great sages assembled there may unanimously give verdict upon his conviction so that he might be able to go on with his confirmed duty without any controversy between the sages present there. He has specially mentioned the word 'Suddha' or perfectly correct. For transcendental realisation or self-realisation many other processes are also recommended by various classes of philosophers. Some of them are first class method and some of them are second class or third class methods. The first class method is that one may give up all other second and third class methods and accept the first class one which is to surrender unto the lotus feet of the Lord and thus be saved from all sins and their reactions.
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#dl##dd#tataś ca vaḥ pṛcchyam imaṁ vipṛcche#/dd#
#dd#viśrabhya viprā iti kṛtyatāyām#/dd#
#dd#sarvātmanā mriyamāṇaiś ca kṛtyaṁ#/dd#
#dd#śuddhaṁ ca tatrāmṛśatābhiyuktāḥ#/dd##/dl#
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#i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=tataḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#tataḥ#/i# — as such; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=ca&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#ca#/i# — and; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=vaḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#vaḥ#/i# — unto you; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=pṛcchyam&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#pṛcchyam#/i# — that which is to be asked; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=imam&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#imam#/i# — this; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=vipṛcche&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#vipṛcche#/i# — beg to ask you; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=viśrabhya&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#viśrabhya#/i# — trustworthy; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=viprāḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#viprāḥ#/i# — #i#brāhmaṇas#/i#; #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=kṛtyatāyām&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#kṛtyatāyām#/i# — out of all different duties; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=sarva&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#sarva-#a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=ātmanā&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#ātmanā#/i# — by everyone; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=mriyamāṇaiḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#mriyamāṇaiḥ#/i# — especially those who are just about to die; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=ca&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#ca#/i# — and; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=kṛtyam&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#kṛtyam#/i# — dutiful; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=śuddham&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#śuddham#/i# — perfectly correct; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=ca&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#ca#/i# — and; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=tatra&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#tatra#/i# — therein; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=āmṛśata&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#āmṛśata#/i# — by complete deliberation; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=abhiyuktāḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#abhiyuktāḥ#/i# — just befitting.
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O trustworthy brāhmaṇas, I now ask you about my immediate duty. Please, after proper deliberation, tell me of the unalloyed duty of everyone in all circumstances, and specifically of those who are just about to die.
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In this verse the King has placed two questions before the learned sages. The first question is what is the duty of everyone in all circumstances, and the second question is what is the specific duty of one who is to die very shortly. Out of the two, the question relating to the dying man is most important because everyone is a dying man, either very shortly or after one hundred years. The duration of life is immaterial, but the duty of a dying man is very important. Mahārāja Parīkṣit placed these two questions before Śukadeva Gosvāmī also on his arrival, and practically the whole of the #i#Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam#/i#, beginning from the Second Canto up to the last Twelfth Canto, deals with these two questions. The conclusion arrived at thereof is that devotional service of the Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, as it is confirmed by the Lord Himself in the last phases of the #i#Bhagavad-gītā#/i#, is the last word in relation to everyone's permanent duty in life. Mahārāja Parīkṣit was already aware of this fact, but he wanted the great sages assembled there to unanimously give their verdict on his conviction so that he might be able to go on with his confirmed duty without controversy. He has especially mentioned the word #i#śuddha#/i#, or perfectly correct. For transcendental realization or self-realization, many processes are recommended by various classes of philosophers. Some of them are first-class methods, and some of them are second- or third-class methods. The first-class method demands that one give up all other methods and surrender unto the lotus feet of the Lord and thus be saved from all sins and their reactions.
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