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 TEXT 4 
samsayo yam mahan brahman 
daragara-sutadisu 
saktasya yat siddhir abhut 
krsne ca matir acyuta 
SYNONYMS 
samsayahdoubt; ayamthis; mahangreat; brahmanO brahmana; darato the wife; agarahome; sutachildren; adisuand so on; saktasyaof a person attached; yatbecause; siddhihperfection; abhutbecame; krsneunto Krsna; caalso; matihattachment; acyutainfallible. 
TRANSLATION 
The King continued: O great brahmana, 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 Krsna consciousness? 
PURPORT 
King Pariksit wondered how a person so attached to wife, children and home could become so perfectly Krsna conscious. Prahlada Maharaja has said: 
A grhavrata, one who has taken a vow to execute family duties, has no chance to become Krsna conscious. This is because most grhavratas are guided by sense gratification and therefore gradually glide down to the darkest regions of material existence (adanta-gobhir visatam tamisram). How can they possibly become perfect in Krsna consciousness? Maharaja Pariksit asked Sukadeva Gosvami to resolve this great doubt. 
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