आर्षभस्येह राजर्षेर्मनसापि महात्मनः ।
नानुवर्त्मार्हति नृपो मक्षिकेव गरुत्मतः ॥४२॥
tasyedam upagÄyanti —
Ärá¹£abhasyeha rÄjará¹£er
manasÄpi mahÄtmanaḥ
nÄnuvartmÄrhati ná¹›po
makṣikeva garutmataḥ
tasya - of Jaá¸a Bharata; idam - this glorification; upagÄyanti - they sing; Ärá¹£abhasya - of the son of Ṛṣabhadeva; iha - here; rÄja-ṛṣeḥ - of the great saintly King; manasÄ api - even by the mind; mahÄ-Ätmanaḥ - of the great personality Jaá¸a Bharata; na - not; anuvartma arhati - able to follow the path; ná¹›paḥ - any king; maká¹£ikÄ - a fly; iva - like; garutmataḥ - of Garuá¸a, the carrier of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
Having summarized the teachings of Jaá¸a Bharata, Åšukadeva GosvÄmÄ« said: My dear King ParÄ«ká¹£it, the path indicated by Jaá¸a Bharata is like the path followed by Garuá¸a, the carrier of the Lord, and ordinary kings are just like flies. Flies cannot follow the path of Garuá¸a, and to date none of the great kings and victorious leaders could follow this path of devotional service, not even mentally.
As Kṛṣṇa says in Bhagavad-gÄ«tÄ (7.3):
manuá¹£yÄṇÄá¹ sahasreá¹£u
kaścid yatati siddhaye
yatatÄm api siddhÄnÄá¹
kaÅ›cin mÄá¹ vetti tattvataḥ
“Out of many thousands among men, one may endeavor for perfection, and of those who have achieved perfection, hardly one knows Me in truth.†The path of devotional service is very difficult, even for great kings who have conquered many enemies. Although these kings were victorious on the battlefield, they could not conquer the bodily conception. There are many big leaders, yogÄ«s, svÄmÄ«s and so-called incarnations who are very much addicted to mental speculation and who advertise themselves as perfect personalities, but they are not ultimately successful. The path of devotional service is undoubtedly very difficult to follow, but it becomes very easy if the candidate actually wants to follow the path of the mahÄjana. In this age there is the path of ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu, who appeared to deliver all fallen souls. This path is so simple and easy that everyone can take to it by chanting the holy name of the Lord.
harer nÄma harer nÄma
harer nÄmaiva kevalam
kalau nÄsty eva nÄsty eva
nÄsty eva gatir anyathÄ
We are very satisfied that this path is being opened by this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement because so many European and American boys and girls are taking this philosophy seriously and gradually attaining perfection.
