1970 - Prabhupada

125-2md--11LA-1-70SB-6:1:6enlightenment is given by godly persons. So here Maharaja Pariksit,he was very godly person. He was so great devotee that there isC)k .;\a. ...no comparison. ASo he is asking, after hearing the hellish punishmentof the criminals, he is asking, adhuneha maha-bhaga yathaivanarakan narah 1 nanogra-yatanan neyat tan me vyakhyatum arhasi.He is addressing Sukadeva Gosvami. He has accepted Sukadeva Gosvami1/as his spiritual master. Therefore he says, maha-bhaga, the mostfortunatell 0 0man. You have to select a spl.rl.tual master, the mostfortunate man.,And who is most fortunate man? One who has understoodKrsna, he is most fortunate man. Not that one who has got dozensof motor cars, he is most fortunate man. You do not know where heis going after this body. You se;( He may be enjoying very nicelyin this life, but he is not preparing for the next life. This lifeis preparation for the next life. The modern civilization does notknow that every living entity is eternal. He is changing sulplydifferent phases of life. So if one is ignorant how he is changinghistheOnedifferent phases of life, what is his next life, what he was in·?• 4 past life How one can know. One can know, sastra-oaksusAcan know from the scriptures, from the authorized books, asyou know so many things. How you know that the moon planet or sunplanet or this planet or that planet have got s many things Jthisor that? It is from the books. You have never gone to the moonplanet )but you learn it from the books, authorized books. Simplyyou have to consult authorized books, you get learned yourself.So the Vaisnava, I mean to say, Maharaja Pariksit, he was verymuch distressed when he heard about the hellish punishment of)N«-- I - "Q ,,the criminals. So he's askin mahfhaga l,tfY dear fortunate. He's