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Atho vihaya imam amum cha lokam
Vimarsitou heyataya purastat
Krishanghri sevam adhimanyamana
Upavishat prayam amartanadyam.
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Atho—thus, Vihaya—giving up, Iman—this, Amum—and the next, Cha—also, Lokam—planets, Vimarsitou—all of them being judged, Heyataya—on account of inferiority, Purastat—herein before, Krishanghri—Lotus feet of the Lord Sri Krishna, Sevam—transcendental loving service, Adhimanyamana—one who thinks as the greatest of all achievements, Upavishat—sat down tightly, Prayam—for fasting, Amartanadyam—on the bank of the transcendantal river (The Ganges or The Jamuna).
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For a devotee like Maharaj Parikshit none of the material planets even the topmost one the Brahmaloka is as desirable as Goloka Vrindaban the abode of Lord Sri Krishna the primeval Lord and Original Personality of Godhead. This earth is one of the innumerable material planets within the universe and there are innumerable universes also within the compass of Mahat Tattwa. It is explained on the first flap of the cover picture. The devotees are educated by the Lord and His representatives the spiritual masters or Acharyas that none of the planets, within all the innumerable universes is suitable for residential purposes of a devotee. The devotee always desires to go back to home back to Godhead just to become one of the associates of the Lord in the capacity of servitors, friends, parents or conjugal lovers of the Lord either in one of the innumerable Vaikuntha planets or in the Goloka Vrindaban the planet of Lord Sri Krishna. All these planets are eternally situated in the spiritual sky called the Parambyoma which is on the other side of the causal ocean within the Mahat Tattwas. Maharaj Parikshit was already aware of all these informations due to his accumulated piety and birth in the high family of devotees the Vaishnavas and thus he was not at all interested in the material planets. Modern scientist are very much eager to reach the Moon planet by material arrangements and hardly they can contemplate about the highest planet of this universe; but a devotee like Maharaj Parikshit does not care a fig even for the Moon planent or for the matter of that anyone of the material planets. So when he was assured of his death on the fixed up date he became more determined to the transcendental loving service of the Lord Krishna, in complete fasting on the bank of the transcendental river Yamuna flowing down the capital of Hastinapur (in the Delhi state). Both the Ganges and the Yamuna are Amartya (transcendental) rivers and Yamuna is still more sanctified on account of the following reasons.
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#i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=atho&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#atho#/i# — thus; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=vihāya&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#vihāya#/i# — giving up; #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=amum&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#amum#/i# — and the next; #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# — also; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=lokam&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#lokam#/i# — planets; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=vimarśitau&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#vimarśitau#/i# — all of them being judged; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=heyatayā&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#heyatayā#/i# — because of inferiority; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=purastāt&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#purastāt#/i# — hereinbefore; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=kṛṣṇa&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#kṛṣṇa-#a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=aṅghri&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#aṅghri#/i# — the lotus feet of the Lord, Śrī Kṛṣṇa; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=sevām&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#sevām#/i# — transcendental loving service; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=adhimanyamānaḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#adhimanyamānaḥ#/i# — one who thinks of the greatest of all achievements; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=upāviśat&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#upāviśat#/i# — sat down firmly; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=prāyam&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#prāyam#/i# — for fasting; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=amartya&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#amartya-#a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=nadyām&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#nadyām#/i# — on the bank of the transcendental river (the Ganges or the Yamunā).
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Mahārāja Parīkṣit sat down firmly on the banks of the Ganges to concentrate his mind in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, rejecting all other practices of self-realization, because transcendental loving service to Kṛṣṇa is the greatest achievement, superseding all other methods.
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For a devotee like Mahārāja Parīkṣit, none of the material planets, even the topmost Brahmaloka, is as desirable as Goloka Vṛndāvana, the abode of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the primeval Lord and original Personality of Godhead. This earth is one of the innumerable material planets within the universe, and there are innumerable universes also within the compass of the #i#mahat-tattva#/i#. The devotees are told by the Lord and His representatives, the spiritual masters or #i#ācāryas#/i#, that not one of the planets within all the innumerable universes is suitable for the residential purposes of a devotee. The devotee always desires to go back home, back to Godhead, just to become one of the associates of the Lord in the capacity of servitor, friend, parent or conjugal lover of the Lord, either in one of the innumerable Vaikuṇṭha planets or in Goloka Vṛndāvana, the planet of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa. All these planets are eternally situated in the spiritual sky, the #i#paravyoma#/i#, which is on the other side of the Causal Ocean within the #i#mahat-tattva#/i#. Mahārāja Parīkṣit was already aware of all this information due to his accumulated piety and birth in a high family of devotees, Vaiṣṇavas, and thus he was not at all interested in the material planets. Modern scientists are very eager to reach the moon by material arrangements, but they cannot conceive of the highest planet of this universe. But a devotee like Mahārāja Parīkṣit does not care a fig for the moon or, for that matter, any of the material planets. So when he was assured of his death on a fixed date, he became more determined in the transcendental loving service of Lord Kṛṣṇa by complete fasting on the bank of the transcendental River Yamunā, which flows down by the capital of Hastināpura (in the Delhi state). Both the Ganges and the Yamunā are #i#amartyā#/i# (transcendental) rivers, and Yamunā is still more sanctified for the following reasons.
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