SB 1.18.3 (1965)
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT No. 3
- Utsrijya sarvatah samgam vijnata ajita samsthitih
- Vaisaker jahou sishyo gamgayam swam kale varam
ENGLISH SYNONYMS
Utsrijya—after leaving aside, Sarvatah—all rouud, Samgam—association, Ajita—one who is never conquered (the Personality of Godhead), Samsthitih—actual position, Vaisaker—unto the son of Vyasa, Jahou—gave up, Sishyo—as disciple, Gamgayam—on the bank of the Ganges, Swam—his own, Kalevaram—Material body.
TRANSLATION
Further more after leaving aside all round association, the King gave himself up as a disciple of the son of Vyasa and thus he was able to understand the actual position of the Personality of Godhead and at least gave up his material body on the bank of the Ganges.
PURPORT
The word Ajita is significant here. The Personality of Godhead Sri Krishna is known as Ajita or unconquerable, as He is so in every respect. Even nobody can know His actual postion. He is unconquerable by knowledge also. We have heard about His Dhama or place, eternal about Goloka Vrindaban, but there are many scholars who interpret this abode in different ways. But by the grace of a spiritual master like Sukadeva Goswami, unto whom the king gave himself up as the most humble disciple, he was able to understand the actual position of the Lord, about His eternal abode, and His transcendental paraphernalia in that Dhama or abode. Knowing this transcendental position of the Lord and the transcendental method by which one can approach that transcendental Dhama, the king was confident about his ultimate goal of destination and knowing this only he could leave aside everthing material even his own body without any difficulty of attachment. In the Bhagwat Geeta, this is stated as Param Dristwa Nevertate or one can give up all connection of the material attachment when one is able to see the Param or the superior quality of a thing. We understand the superior quality of energy of the Lord than the material quality material energy, from the Bhagwat Geeta and by the grace of a bonafide spiritual master like Sukadeva Goswami it is quite possible to know everything of the superior energy of the Lord by which the Lord manifests His eternal Name, Quality, Pastimes, Paraphernalia and variegatedness. Unless one thoroughly understands this superior or eternal energy of the Lord it is not pssible to leave aside the material energy however theoretically one may speculate on the true nature of the Absolute Truth. By the Grace of Lord Krishna, Maharaj Parikshit was able to receive mercy of a Personality like Sukadeva Goswami and thus he was able to know the actual position of the unconquerable Lord. It is very difficult to find out the Lord from the Vedic literatures but it is very easy to know Him by the mercy of a liberated devotee like Sukadeva Goswami.