तदिदं श्रोतुमिच्छामो गदितुं यदि मन्यसे ।
ब्रूहि नः श्रद्दधानानां यस्य ज्ञानमदाच्छुकः ॥३॥

tad idaá¹ Å›rotum icchÄmo
gadituá¹ yadi manyase
brÅ«hi naḥ Å›raddadhÄnÄnÄá¹
yasya jñÄnam adÄc chukaḥ

 tat - all; idam - this; Å›rotum - to hear; icchÄmaḥ - all willing; gaditum - to narrate; yadi - if; manyase - you think; brÅ«hi - please speak; naḥ - we; Å›raddadhÄnÄnÄm - who are very much respectful; yasya - whose; jñÄnam - transcendental knowledge; adÄt - delivered; Å›ukaḥ - ÅšrÄ« Åšukadeva GosvÄmÄ«.


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We all respectfully want to hear about him [MahÄrÄja ParÄ«ká¹£it] to whom Åšukadeva GosvÄmÄ« imparted transcendental knowledge. Please speak on this matter.

Purport

Åšukadeva GosvÄmÄ« imparted transcendental knowledge to MahÄrÄja ParÄ«ká¹£it during the remaining seven days of his life, and MahÄrÄja ParÄ«ká¹£it heard him properly, just like an ardent student. The effect of such a bona fide hearing and chanting of ÅšrÄ«mad-BhÄgavatam was equally shared by both the hearer and the chanter. Both of them were benefited. Out of the nine different transcendental means of devotional service to the Lord prescribed in the BhÄgavatam, either all of them, or some of them or even one of them are equally beneficial if properly discharged. MahÄrÄja ParÄ«ká¹£it and Åšukadeva GosvÄmÄ« were serious performers of the first two important items, namely the process of chanting and the process of hearing, and therefore both of them were successful in their laudable attempt. Transcendental realization is attained by such serious hearing and chanting and not otherwise. There is a type of spiritual master and disciple much advertised in this Age of Kali. It is said that the master injects spiritual force into the disciple by an electrical current generated by the master, and the disciple begins to feel the shock. He becomes unconscious, and the master weeps for his exhausting his store of so-called spiritual assets. Such bogus advertisement is going on in this age, and the poor common man is becoming the victim of such advertisement. We do not find such folk tales in the dealings of Åšukadeva GosvÄmÄ« and his great disciple MahÄrÄja ParÄ«ká¹£it. The sage recited ÅšrÄ«mad-BhÄgavatam in devotion, and the great King heard him properly. The King did not feel any shock of electrical current from the master, nor did he become unconscious while receiving knowledge from the master. One should not, therefore, become a victim of these unauthorized advertisements made by some bogus representative of Vedic knowledge. The sages of Naimiá¹£Äraṇya were very respectful in hearing about MahÄrÄja ParÄ«ká¹£it because of his receiving knowledge from Åšukadeva GosvÄmÄ« by means of ardent hearing. Ardent hearing from the bona fide master is the only way to receive transcendental knowledge, and there is no need for medical performances or occult mysticism for miraculous effects. The process is simple, but only the sincere party can achieve the desired result.