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    Sravanam Story-Maharaj Parikshit

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    Maharaj Parikshit was the king after the Pandavas and was a great devotee of Krishna. When he disrespected a sage in the forest due to anger and thirst, he was cursed to be bitten by a snake-bird and die within 7 days. Parikshit accepted his death and spent his last days listening to the sage Sukhdev recite the Bhagavatam, absorbing himself in Krishna's pastimes. On the 7th day, the snake-bird's poison caused his body to burn to ashes, and he attained liberation by perfecting his life through hearing of Krishna.

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    Maharaj Parikshit was the king after the Pandavas and was a great devotee of Krishna. When he disrespected a sage in the forest due to anger and thirst, he was cursed to be bitten by a snake-bird and die within 7 days. Parikshit accepted his death and spent his last days listening to the sage Sukhdev recite the Bhagavatam, absorbing himself in Krishna's pastimes. On the 7th day, the snake-bird's poison caused his body to burn to ashes, and he attained liberation by perfecting his life through hearing of Krishna.

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    Maharaj Parikshit was the king after the Pandavas and was a great devotee of Krishna. When he disrespected a sage in the forest due to anger and thirst, he was cursed to be bitten by a snake-bird and die within 7 days. Parikshit accepted his death and spent his last days listening to the sage Sukhdev recite the Bhagavatam, absorbing himself in Krishna's pastimes. On the 7th day, the snake-bird's poison caused his body to burn to ashes, and he attained liberation by perfecting his life through hearing of Krishna.

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    Sravanam Story-Maharaj Parikshit

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    Gopal’s Fun School (GFS) RS No.

    Gopinath-Nitai-005

    1. Sravanam

    Story-Maharaj Parikshit

    ☺ Maharaj Parikshit was the son of


    Abhimanyu, who was the son of Arjuna.
    Arjuna was one of the five Pandavas and
    was the best friend of Krishna.

    ☺ During the battle of Kurukshetra,


    Parikshit was still in the womb of his
    mother, Uttara. At the end of the war,
    Asvatthama, the son of Dronacarya,
    tried to kill the child in the womb by
    throwing a weapon called brahmastra.

    ☺ The Supreme Lord Krishna saved


    Parikshit by entering into the womb of
    his mother.

    ☺ After the Pandavas left this material


    world, Maharaj Parikshit became the ruler of the entire planet. He was a just king.
    There were no social problems, no crime, no poverty and no disease in his kingdom.

    ☺ Once when Maharaj Parikshit went into the forest for hunting, he became very tired
    and thirsty. He entered the hermitage of sage Shamika Rishi who was meditating at
    that time.

    ☺ The king again and again requested for water but the rishi deep in meditation did not
    hear him. This enraged the king and he completely lost his intelligence.

    ☺ In his anger, the king picked up a dead snake and placed it on the shoulder of the sage.
    ☺ The rishi’s son Shringi came to know about this incident and angrily cursed the king. He
    cursed that on the seventh day from that day, a snake-bird would bite Parikshit
    Maharaj.

    ☺ When Shamika Rishi came to know about the curse, he chastised his son.

    ☺ When king Parikshit received the news of his death, he accepted this curse as good
    news.
    Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare / Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare
    Gopal’s Fun School (GFS) RS No. Gopinath-Nitai-005

    ☺ Maharaj Parikshit was a great devotee of the Supreme Lord Krishna. He had full faith
    in the protection of the Lord. He did not try to make any arrangements to protect
    himself. Instead he immediately gave up his royal duties and went to the banks of the
    Ganges.

    ☺ He knew that one who engages in hearing the transcendental pastimes of the Supreme
    Lord gets liberated from the cycle of birth and death. He desired to associate with
    great saintly devotees who could speak to him about Krishna.

    ☺ By the arrangement of the Lord, many great saintly devotees also came to the banks of
    the river Ganges. The great sage Sukhdev Goswami, the son of Vyasadev appeared on
    the scene. Maharaj Parikshit accepted him as his spiritual master and requested him to
    narrate the transcendental, glorious pastimes of the Lord.

    ☺ Being very pleased by the submissive and devotional attitude of the king, Sukhdev
    Goswami then narrated the nectarean pastimes of the Lord and His various expansions.
    These are recalled in the book Srimad Bhagavatam.

    ☺ Maharaj Parikshit was completely absorbed in hearing about the transcendental


    pastimes of the Lord. Anyone who regularly hears Hari Katha becomes eligible to get
    liberated from the cycle of birth and death.

    ☺ After hearing the katha for seven days and


    nights without sleeping, eating or drinking,
    Parikshit Maharaj fixed his mind on the Lord
    and meditated on Him. The snake-bird
    Takshaka bit the king. The body of the kind
    immediately burst into flames and burned to
    ashes due to the fire of the snake-bird’s
    poison.

    ☺ Parikshit Maharaj went back home, back to


    Godhead by perfecting his life by hearing
    the transcendental glories of the Supreme
    Personality of Godhead.

    ☺ Thus all of us can perfect our life by


    regularly hearing and reading about the
    beautiful and transcendental pastimes of
    Lord Krishna and His different avatars.
    Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare / Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare

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