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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.12.43
SYNONYMS
vayam — we are; dhanya-tamāh — most glorified; loke — in this world; guro — O my lord, my spiritual master; api — although; kshatra-bandhavah — the lowest of the kshatriyas (because we did not act like kshatriyas); vayam — we are; pibāmah — drinking; muhuh — always; tvattah — from you; punyam — pious; krishna-kathā-amritam — the nectar of krishna-kathā.
TRANSLATION
O my lord, my spiritual master, although we are the lowest of kshatriyas, we are glorified and benefited because we have the opportunity of always hearing from you the nectar of the pious activities of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
PURPORT
The pious activities of the Supreme Personality of Godhead are very confidential. It is not ordinarily possible to hear such activities unless one is very, very fortunate. Parīkshit Mahārāja placed himself as kshatra-bandhavah, which means "the lowest of the kshatriyas." The qualities of the kshatriya are described in Bhagavad-gītā, and although the general quality of the kshatriya is īśvara-bhāva, the tendency to rule, a kshatriya is not supposed to rule over a brāhmana. Thus Mahārāja Parīkshit regretted that he had wanted to rule over the brāhmanas and had therefore been cursed. He considered himself the lowest of the kshatriyas. Dānam īśvara-bhāvaś ca kshātram karma svabhāvajam (Bg. 18.43). There was no doubt that Mahārāja Parīkshit had the good qualities of a kshatriya, but as a devotee he presented himself, with submissiveness and humility, as the lowest of the kshatriyas, remembering his act of wrapping a dead serpent around the neck of a brāhmana. A student and disciple has the right to ask the guru about any confidential service, and it is the duty of the guru to explain these confidential matters to his disciple.
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