राजोवाच प्रियव्रतो भागवत आत्माराम: कथं मुने । गृहेऽरमत यन्मूल: कर्मबन्ध: पराभव: ॥ १ ॥
rajovaca priyavrato bhagavata atmaramah katham mune grhe ’ramata yan-mulah karma-bandhah parabhavah
- raja uvaca
- King Pariksit said
- priya-vratah
- King Priyavrata
- bhagavatah
- the great devotee
- atma-aramah
- who takes pleasure in self-realization
- katham
- why
- mune
- O great sage
- grhe
- at home
- aramata
- enjoyed
- yat-mulah
- having which as the root cause
- karma-bandhah
- the bondage of fruitive activities
- parabhavah
- the defeat of one’s human mission.
King Pariksit inquired from Sukadeva Gosvami: O great sage, why did King Priyavrata, who was a great, self-realized devotee of the Lord, remain in household life, which is the root cause of the bondage of karma (fruitive activities) and which defeats the mission of human life?