SB 1.19.32 (1965)
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT No. 32
- Sri Parikshit uvacha
- Aho adya vayam brahman satsevya khatra bandhavah
- Kripaya atithirupena bhavadbhis tirthakah kritah.
ENGLISH SYNONYMS
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.
TRANSLATION
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.
PURPORT
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.