Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 1.19.19

maharshayo vai samupāgatā ye

praśasya sādhv ity anumodamānāh

ūcuh prajānugraha-śīla-sārā

yad uttama-śloka-gunābhirūpam

SYNONYMS

maharshayah — the great sages; vai — as a matter of course; samupāgatāh — assembled there; ye — those who; praśasya — by praising; sādhu — quite all right; iti — thus; anumodamānāh — all approving; ūcuh — said; prajā-anugraha — doing good to the living being; śīla-sārāh — qualitatively powerful; yat — because; uttama-śloka — one who is praised by selected poems; guna-abhirūpam — as beautiful as godly qualities.

TRANSLATION

All the great sages who were assembled there also praised the decision of Mahārāja Parīkshit and they expressed their approval by saying, "Very good." Naturally the sages are inclined to do good to common men, for they have all the qualitative powers of the Supreme Lord. Therefore they were very much pleased to see Mahārāja Parīkshit, a devotee of the Lord, and they spoke as follows.

PURPORT

The natural beauty of a living being is enhanced by rising up to the platform of devotional service. Mahārāja Parīkshit was absorbed in attachment for Lord Krishna. Seeing this, the great sages assembled were very pleased, and they expressed their approval by saying, "Very good." Such sages are naturally inclined to do good to the common man, and when they see a personality like Mahārāja Parīkshit advance in devotional service, their pleasure knows no bounds, and they offer all blessings in their power. The devotional service of the Lord is so auspicious that all demigods and sages, up to the Lord Himself, became pleased with the devotee, and therefore the devotee finds everything auspicious. All inauspicious matters are removed from the path of a progressive devotee. Meeting all the great sages at the time of death was certainly auspicious for Mahārāja Parīkshit, and thus he was blessed by the so-called curse of a brāhmana's boy.

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