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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.19.14
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 14
- tasyaiva me 'ghasya parāvareśo
- vyāsakta-cittasya gṛheṣv abhīkṣṇam
- nirveda-mūlo dvija-śāpa-rūpo
- yatra prasakto bhayam āśu dhatte
tasyahis — his; evacertainly — certainly; memine — mine; aghasyaof the sinful — of the sinful; parātranscendental — transcendental; avaramundane — mundane; īśaḥcontroller, the Supreme Lord — controller, the Supreme Lord; vyāsaktaoverly attached — overly attached; cittasyaof the mind — of the mind; gṛheṣuto family affairs — to family affairs; abhīkṣṇamalways — always; nirvedathe source of detachment-mūlaḥthe source of detachment — the source of detachment; dvijacursing by the brāhmaṇa-śāpacursing by the brāhmaṇa — cursing by the brāhmaṇa; rūpaḥform of — form of; yatrawhereupon — whereupon; prasaktaḥone who is affected — one who is affected; bhayamfearfulness — fearfulness; āśuvery soon — very soon; dhattetake place — take place.
The Supreme Personality of Godhead, the controller of both the transcendental and mundane worlds, has graciously overtaken me in the form of a brāhmaṇa's curse. Due to my being too much attached to family life, the Lord, in order to save me, has appeared before me in such a way that only out of fear I will detach myself from the world.
Mahārāja Parīkṣit, although born in a family of great devotees, the Pāṇḍavas, and although securely trained in transcendental attachment for the association of the Lord, still found the allurement of mundane family life so strong that he had to be detached by a plan of the Lord. Such direct action is taken by the Lord in the case of a special devotee. Mahārāja Parīkṣit could understand this by the presence of the topmost transcendentalists in the universe. The Lord resides with His devotees, and therefore the presence of the great saints indicated the presence of the Lord. The King therefore welcomed the presence of the great ṛṣis as a mark of favor of the Supreme Lord.