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| Canto 5: The Creative Impetus | Chapter 1: The Activities of Mahārāja Priyavrata |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 5.1.4
dārāgāra-sutādishu
SYNONYMS
samśayah — doubt; ayam — this; mahān — great; brahman — O brāhmana; dāra — to the wife; āgāra — home; suta — children; ādishu — and so on; saktasya — of a person attached; yat — because; siddhih — perfection; abhūt — became; krishne — unto Krishna; ca — also; matih — attachment; acyutā — infallible.
TRANSLATION
The King continued: O great brāhmana, this is my great doubt. How was it possible for a person like King Priyavrata, who was so attached to wife, children and home, to achieve the topmost infallible perfection in Krishna consciousness?
PURPORT
King Parīkshit wondered how a person so attached to wife, children and home could become so perfectly Krishna conscious. Prahlāda Mahārāja has said:
matir na krishne paratah svato vā
mitho 'bhipadyeta griha-vratānām
A grihavrata, one who has taken a vow to execute family duties, has no chance to become Krishna conscious. This is because most grihavratas are guided by sense gratification and therefore gradually glide down to the darkest regions of material existence (adānta-gobhir viśatām tamisram). How can they possibly become perfect in Krishna consciousness? Mahārāja Parīkshit asked Śukadeva Gosvāmī to resolve this great doubt.
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