सक्तस्य यत्सिद्धिरभूत्कृष्णे च मतिरच्युता ॥४॥
samÅ›ayo 'yaá¹ mahÄn brahman
dÄrÄgÄra-sutÄdiá¹£u
saktasya yat siddhir abhūt
kṛṣṇe ca matir acyutÄ
samÅ›ayaḥ - doubt; ayam - this; mahÄn - great; brahman - O brÄhmaṇa; dÄra - to the wife; ÄgÄra - home; suta - children; Ädiá¹£u - and so on; saktasya - of a person attached; yat - because; siddhiḥ - perfection; abhÅ«t - became; kṛṣṇe - unto Kṛṣṇa; ca - also; matiḥ - attachment; acyutÄ - infallible.
The King continued: O great brÄhmaṇa, 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 Kṛṣṇa consciousness?
King ParÄ«ká¹£it wondered how a person so attached to wife, children and home could become so perfectly Kṛṣṇa conscious. PrahlÄda MahÄrÄja has said:
matir na kṛṣṇe parataḥ svato vÄ
mitho ’bhipadyeta gá¹›ha-vratÄnÄm
A gá¹›havrata, one who has taken a vow to execute family duties, has no chance to become Kṛṣṇa conscious. This is because most gá¹›havratas are guided by sense gratification and therefore gradually glide down to the darkest regions of material existence (adÄnta-gobhir viÅ›atÄá¹ tamisram). How can they possibly become perfect in Kṛṣṇa consciousness? MahÄrÄja ParÄ«ká¹£it asked Åšukadeva GosvÄmÄ« to resolve this great doubt.
