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SB 2-01-01 NY 1969-04-10 The Krishna-Approaching Body
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ANNOUNCER: The following is a class
on the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, 2nd canto,
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1st chapter, text number 1,
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given by His Divine Grace
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda,
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recorded on the 10th of April,
1969, in New York, New York.
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PRABHUPĀDA: Feeling all right?
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DEVOTEES: Jaya!
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Hare Kṛṣṇa.
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Mantra?
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PRADYUMNA: Oṁ namo bhaga…
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Not this. First of all Īśo… Yeah.
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Īśopaniṣad.
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oṁ pūrṇam adaḥ pūrṇam idaṁ
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pūrṇāt pūrṇam udacyate
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pūrṇasya pūrṇam ādāya
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pūrṇam evāvaśiṣyate
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īśāvāsyam idam sarvaṁ
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yat kiñca jagatyāṁ jagat
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tena tyaktena bhuñjīthā
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mā gṛdhaḥ kasya svid dhanam
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kurvann eveha karmāṇi
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jijīviṣec chataṁ samāḥ
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evaṁ tvayi nānyatheto 'sti
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na karma lipyate nare
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That’s all. That’s all.
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Hare Kṛṣṇa.
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Now oṁ namo bhagavate, chant.
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oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya
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Yes?
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śrī-śuka uvāca
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varīyān eṣa te praśnaḥ
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kṛto loka-hitaṁ nṛpa
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ātmavit-sammataḥ puṁsāṁ
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śrotavyādiṣu yaḥ paraḥ
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śrotavyādīni rājendra
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śrotavyādīni rājendra
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nṛṇāṁ santi sahasraśaḥ
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nṛṇāṁ santi sahasraśaḥ
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apaśyatām ātma-tattvaṁ
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apaśyatām ātma-tattvaṁ
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gṛheṣu gṛha-medhinām
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gṛheṣu gṛha-medhinām
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nidrayā hriyate naktaṁ
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nidrayā hriyate naktaṁ
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vyavāyena ca vā vayaḥ
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vyavāyena ca vā vayaḥ
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divā cārthehayā rājan
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divā cārthehayā rājan
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kuṭumba-bharaṇena vā
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kuṭumba-bharaṇena vā
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dehāpatya-kulādri…
dehāpatya-kalatrādiṣv
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dehāpatya-kalatrādiṣv
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dehāpatya-kalatrādiṣv
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dehāpatya-kalatrādiṣv
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dehāpatya-kalatrādiṣv
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dehāpatya-kalatrādiṣv
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ātma-sainyeṣv asatsv api
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ātma-sainyeṣv asatsv api
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teṣāṁ pramatto nidhanaṁ
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teṣāṁ pramatto nidhanaṁ
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paśyann api na paśyati
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paśyann api na paśyati [splice]
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So Gargamuni, you can read
where you left yesterday.
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GARGAMUNI: “Similarly,
in the Second Canto,
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the post-creation cosmic
manifestation is described.
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The different planetary systems
are described in the Second Canto
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as different parts of the
universal body of the Lord.
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For this reason, the Second Canto can
be called “The Cosmic Manifestation.”
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There are ten chapters
in the Second Canto,
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and in these ten chapters the
purpose of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
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and the different symptoms
of this purpose are narrated.
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In the first chapter the glories
of chanting are described
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and the process of meditation
on the universal form
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of the Lord by the neophyte
devotees is hinted.
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In the first verse Śukadeva Gosvāmī replies
to the questions of Mahārāja Parīkṣit,
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who asked him about one’s
duty at the point of his death.
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Mahārāja Parīkṣit was glad
to receive Śukadeva Gosvāmī
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and he was proud of being
a descendant of Arjuna,
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the intimate friend of Kṛṣṇa.
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Personally, he was very
humble and meek,
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but he expressed his gladness that Lord
Kṛṣṇa was very kind to the sons of Pāṇḍu,
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or his grandfathers, especially
his own grandfather Arjuna.
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And because Lord Kṛṣṇa is
always pleased with His family,
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therefore at the verge of
Mahārāja Parīkṣit’s death,
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Śukadeva Gosvāmī was sent to help
him in the process of self-realization.
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Mahārāja Parīkṣit…”
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This is confirming the statement of Caitanya-caritāmṛta,
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that guru-kṛṣṇa-kṛpāya pāya bhakti-
latā-bīja. [Cc. Madhya 19.151]
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Two things required,
Guru and Kṛṣṇa,
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to advance in the spiritual
realization or Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
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So here it is, Kṛṣṇa is pleased
in the family of the Pāṇḍavas.
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So Parīkṣit Mahārāja
was going to die.
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Parīkṣit Mahārāja was grandson of
Arjuna, and he was also a devotee.
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So therefore by
the mercy of Kṛṣṇa,
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a bona fide spiritual master
is sent to Parīkṣit Mahārāja.
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Guru-Kṛṣṇa.
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When one is sincere, then
Kṛṣṇa is sitting within everyone.
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As soon as He sees that
“Here is a sincere soul.
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He’s seeking after Me,” so He manifests
Himself out externally as spiritual master.
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The spiritual master is therefore
representative of Kṛṣṇa.
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Guru-kṛṣṇa-kṛpāya pāya bhakti-
latā-bīja [Cc. Madhya 19.151].
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Two things.
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Without being representative of Kṛṣṇa,
nobody can become spiritual master.
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Kṛṣṇa-śakti vinā nahe tāra pravartana [Cc. Antya 7.11].
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Without being empowered
by Kṛṣṇa, nobody can preach,
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nobody can become
a spiritual master.
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So here Śukadeva Gosvāmī sent
by Kṛṣṇa on the verge of his death.
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Guru-kṛṣṇa-kṛpāya pāya bhakti-
latā… [Cc. Madhya 19.151].
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Ei rūpe brahmāṇḍa bhramite kona
bhāgyavān jīva [Cc. Madhya 19.151].
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This opportunity is obtained
by a very fortunate person.
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Because the living entities are wandering
within this universe, packed up,
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from one planet to another, from one
species life to another species of life.
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In this way, he is wandering.
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He is not fixed up.
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Today I am American or
Indian, tomorrow or next birth,
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I do not know what is
going to happen to me.
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But this… this body for
good will be finished.
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I’ll never get this body.
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I’ll get another body.
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Maybe a demigod’s body or a tree’s
body or a plant’s body or animal’s body—
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I must get another body.
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So the living entity is
wandering in this way,
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vāsāṁsi jīrṇāni. Just like we change
our dress from one dress to another,
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similarly we are changing different
positions by the influence of māyā.
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Māyā is forcing me.
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Prakṛteḥ kriyamāṇāni guṇaiḥ karmāṇi [Bg. 3.27].
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As soon as I am desiring something,
immediately my body is formed.
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Immediately a particular
type of body begins to form,
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and as soon as I am mature to change, my
next body I get according to my desire.
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Therefore we should
always desire Kṛṣṇa.
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Then from this life, the Kṛṣṇa-approaching
body or the spiritual body will be formed.
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The more you become
sincere servant of Kṛṣṇa,
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the more your body becomes
Kṛṣṇa-ized, electrified.
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Therefore advanced
Kṛṣṇa conscious person
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is considered to have
a spiritual body.
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The same example, as I have given
several times: just like iron rod.
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You put into the fire, it
becomes warmer, warmer.
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The more it is connected with fire,
it becomes warm, warm, warm.
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And at last it becomes red
hot, so that at that time,
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if that iron is touched to
any other thing, it burns.
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It does not act as
iron; it acts as fire.
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Similarly, by this
Kṛṣṇa consciousness,
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continuous chanting, you will
make your body spiritualized.
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At that time, wherever you go, wherever
you touch, he’ll be spiritualized.
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Similarly, the iron… Without being
spiritualized, without being red hot,
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if you touch, it will not act.
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So every one of us, those who have come
to this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement,
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expected to preach in the future
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and to become a spiritual
master also in the future.
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But first of all you must
spiritualize yourself.
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Otherwise it is useless.
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So Kṛṣṇa-śakti vinā nahe [Cc. Antya 7.11].
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Without… Just like without being red
hot, you cannot burn any other thing.
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Similarly, without being fully spiritualized,
you cannot make others spiritualized.
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Therefore we have to follow the paramparā system.
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The disciplic succession,
as we get the knowledge,
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as we get the power, as we get the
instruction, so we have to follow.
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That will help me to
spiritualize myself.
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And when you are spiritualized…
You’ll have to wait for that time.
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Then, wherever you will
preach, the result will be there.
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So by the grace of Lord Kṛṣṇa, Śukadeva
Gosvāmī has reached Parīkṣit Mahārāja.
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Therefore at the verge of
Mahārāja Parīkṣit’s death,
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Śukadeva Gosvāmī was sent to help
him in the process of self-realization.
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Without spiritual master’s help,
nobody can become self-realized.
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Our Vaiṣṇava philosophy
does not allow
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that you shall become self-
realized by your own endeavor.
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Just like other schools, they think,
Buddha school, that by meditation…
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I do not know whether in Buddha school
the spiritual master is accepted. [splice]
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Guru-kṛṣṇa-kṛpāya pāya bhakti-
latā-bīja [Cc. Madhya 19.151].
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Then, [reading] “Mahārāja Parīkṣit was a
devotee of Lord Kṛṣṇa from his childhood,
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so he had natural
affection for Kṛṣṇa,
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and Śukadeva Gosvāmī could
understand his devotion to Lord Kṛṣṇa.
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Therefore he welcomed the question
about his duty because the king hinted
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that worship of Lord Kṛṣṇa is the
ultimate function of every living entity.
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Śukadeva Gosvāmī welcomed
this suggestion and said,
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`Because you have raised
the question about Kṛṣṇa,
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your question is most glorious.’” The
next śloka is “varīyān eṣa te praśnaḥ.”
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[SB 2.1.1] Śrī Śukadeva
Gosvāmī welcomed the praśna,
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the question about
Kṛṣṇa… [splice] …next day.
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