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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.4.10
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 10
- sa samrāṭ kasya vā hetoḥ
- pāṇḍūnāṁ māna-vardhanaḥ
- prāyopaviṣṭo gaṅgāyām
- anādṛtyādhirāṭ-śriyam
saḥhe — he; samrāṭthe Emperor — the Emperor; kasyafor what — for what; vāor — or; hetoḥreason — reason; pāṇḍūnāmof the sons of Pāṇḍu — of the sons of Pāṇḍu; mānaone who enriches the family-vardhanaḥone who enriches the family — one who enriches the family; prāyasitting and fasting-upaviṣṭaḥsitting and fasting — sitting and fasting; gaṅgāyāmon the bank of the Ganges — on the bank of the Ganges; anādṛtyaneglecting — neglecting; adhirāṭacquired kingdom — acquired kingdom; śriyamopulences — opulences.
He was a great emperor and possessed all the opulences of his acquired kingdom. He was so exalted that he was increasing the prestige of the Pāṇḍu dynasty. Why did he give up everything to sit down on the bank of the Ganges and fast until death?
Mahārāja Parīkṣit was the Emperor of the world and all the seas and oceans, and he did not have to take the trouble to acquire such a kingdom by his own effort. He inherited it from his grandfathers Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira and brothers. Besides that, he was doing well in the administration and was worthy of the good names of his forefathers. Consequently there was nothing undesirable in his opulence and administration. Then why should he give up all these favorable circumstances and sit down on the bank of the Ganges, fasting till death? This is astonishing, and therefore all were eager to know the cause.