SB 1.19.5 (1965)
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT No. 5
- Atho vihaya imam amum cha lokam
- Vimarsitou heyataya purastat
- Krishanghri sevam adhimanyamana
- Upavishat prayam amartanadyam.
ENGLISH SYNONYMS
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).
PURPORT
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.