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Sri Parikshit uvacha
Aho adya vayam brahman satsevya khatra bandhavah
Kripaya atithirupena bhavadbhis tirthakah kritah.
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Sri Parikshit Uvacha—fortunate Maharaj Parikshit said, Aho—Oh God, Adya—to day, Vayam—we, Brahman—oh the brahmins, Satsevya—eligible to serve the devotee, Kshatra—the ruler class, Bandhavah—friends, Kripaya—by your mercy, Atithirupena—in the manner of a great, Bhavadbhih—by your goodself, tirthakah—qualified for being pilgrimage, Kritah—done by you.
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The fortunate king Parikshit said "Oh the Brahmin, by your mercy only you have sanctified us as pure as the place of pilgrimage by your presence here as my guest and thereby we the unworthy royal orders become eligible for serving the devotee.
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Saintly devotee like Sukdeva Goswami generally do not approach the worldly enjoyers and specially the royal orders. Maharaj Prataprudra was followcr of Lord Chaitanya but when the king wanted to see the Lord, the Lord refused to see him because he was a king. For devotee who desires to go back to home back to Godhead two things are strictly probhibited. They are the worldly enjoyer and the woman. Therefore, devotees of the standard of Sukdeva Goswami, is never interested in seeing the king. Maharaj Parikshit was of course a different case. He was a great devotee although a king and therefore Sukdeva Goswami, came to see him at his last stage of life. Maharaj Parikshit out of his devotional humbleness felt himself as unworthy descendant of his great Kshatriya forefathers although he was as great as his predecessors. The unworthy sons of the royal orders are called the Khatra bandhavas as much as the unworthy sons of the Brahmins are called the dwijabandhus or brahmabandhus. Maharaj Parikshit was very much encouraged by the presence of Sukdeva Goswami as the king felt himself sanctified by the presence of the great saint whose presence at any place turns it into a place of pilgrimage.
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#dd#aho adya vayaṁ brahman#/dd#
#dd#sat-sevyāḥ kṣatra-bandhavaḥ#/dd#
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#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 #a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=uvāca&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#uvāca#/i# — the fortunate Mahārāja Parīkṣit said; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=aho&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#aho#/i# — ah; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=adya&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#adya#/i# — today; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=vayam&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#vayam#/i# — we; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=brahman&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#brahman#/i# — O #i#brāhmaṇa#/i#; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=sat&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#sat-#a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=sevyāḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#sevyāḥ#/i# — eligible to serve the devotee; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=kṣatra&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#kṣatra#/i# — the ruling class; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=bandhavaḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#bandhavaḥ#/i# — friends; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=kṛpayā&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#kṛpayā#/i# — by your mercy; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=atithi&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#atithi-#a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=rūpeṇa&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#rūpeṇa#/i# — in the manner of a guest; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=bhavadbhiḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#bhavadbhiḥ#/i# — by your good self; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=tīrthakāḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#tīrthakāḥ#/i# — qualified for being places of pilgrimage; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=kṛtāḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#kṛtāḥ#/i# — done by you.
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The fortunate King Parīkṣit said: O brāhmaṇa, by your mercy only, you have sanctified us, making us like unto places of pilgrimage, all by your presence here as my guest. By your mercy, we, who are but unworthy royalty, become eligible to serve the devotee.
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Saintly devotees like Śukadeva Gosvāmī generally do not approach worldly enjoyers, especially those in royal orders. Mahārāja Pratāparudra was a follower of Lord Caitanya, but when he wanted to see the Lord, the Lord refused to see him because he was a king. For a devotee who desires to go back to Godhead, two things are strictly prohibited: worldly enjoyers and women. Therefore, devotees of the standard of Śukadeva Gosvāmī are never interested in seeing kings. Mahārāja Parīkṣit was, of course, a different case. He was a great devotee, although a king, and therefore Śukadeva Gosvāmī came to see him in his last stage of life. Mahārāja Parīkṣit, out of his devotional humility, felt himself an unworthy descendant of his great #i#kṣatriya#/i# forefathers, although he was as great as his predecessors. The unworthy sons of the royal orders are called #i#kṣatra-bandhavas#/i#, as the unworthy sons of the #i#brāhmaṇas#/i# are called #i#dvija-bandhus#/i# or #i#brahma-bandhus#/i#. Mahārāja Parīkṣit was greatly encouraged by the presence of Śukadeva Gosvāmī. He felt himself sanctified by the presence of the great saint whose presence turns any place into a place of pilgrimage.
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