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TEXT 34
sri-yudhisthira uvaca
kidrsah kasya va sapo
hari-dasabhimarsanah
asraddheya ivabhati
harer ekantinam bhavah
SYNONYMS
sri-yudhisthirah uvacaMaharaja Yudhisthira said; kidrsahwhat kind of; kasyawhose; vaor; sapahcurse; hari-dasathe servant of Hari; abhimarsanahovercoming; asraddheyahincredible; ivaas if; abhatiappears; harehof Hari; ekantinamof those exclusively devoted as exalted attendants; bhavahbirth.
TRANSLATION
Maharaja Yudhisthira inquired: What kind of great curse could affect even liberated visnu-bhaktas, and what sort of person could curse even the Lords associates? For unflinching devotees of the Lord to fall again to this material world is impossible. I cannot believe this.
PURPORT
In Bhagavad-gita (8.16) the Lord clearly states, mam upetya tu kaunteya punar janma na vidyate: one who is purified of material contamination and returns home, back to Godhead, does not return to this material world. Elsewhere in Bhagavad-gita (4.9) Krsna says:
One who knows the transcendental nature of My appearance and activities does not, upon leaving the body, take his birth again in this material world, but attains My eternal abode, O Arjuna. Maharaja Yudhisthira, therefore, was surprised that a pure devotee could return to this material world. This is certainly a very important question.
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