Verse 1.1.15-17

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 1.1.15-17:

श्री-जैमिनिर् उवाच—
शुक-देवोपदेशेन निहताशेष-साध्वसम् ।
सम्यक्-प्राप्त-समस्तार्थं श्री-कृष्ण-प्रेम-संप्लुतम् ॥ १५ ॥
सन्निकृष्ट-निजाभीष्ट-पदारोहण-कालकम् ।
श्रीमत्-परीक्षितं माता तस्यार्ता कृष्ण-तत्परा ॥ १६ ॥
विराट-तनयैकान्ते’पृच्छद् एतन् नृपोत्तमम् ।
प्रबोध्यानन्दिता तेन पुत्रेण स्नेह-सम्प्लुता ॥ १७ ॥

śrī-jaiminir uvāca—
śuka-devopadeśena nihatāśeṣa-sādhvasam |
samyak-prāpta-samastārthaṃ śrī-kṛṣṇa-prema-saṃplutam || 15 ||
sannikṛṣṭa-nijābhīṣṭa-padārohaṇa-kālakam |
śrīmat-parīkṣitaṃ mātā tasyārtā kṛṣṇa-tatparā || 16 ||
virāṭa-tanayaikānte’pṛcchad etan nṛpottamam |
prabodhyānanditā tena putreṇa sneha-samplutā || 17 ||

Śrī Jaimini said: O best of kings, the instructions of Śrī Śukadeva eradicated all the fears of Śrī Parīkṣit. Having reaped all the fruits of the four mundane goals of human life (piety, wealth, desire and emanci pation), he absorbed himself in the loving mellows of Śrī Kṛṣṇa.

As the time came to ascend to his desired destination of Śrī Goloka, the daughter of King Virāta and fond mother, Śrī Uttarādevī, cried out in grief to her son Parīkṣit. Even so, being consoled and pleased by her son, she anxiously asked about hearing related topics of Śrī Kṛṣṇa.

Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda

(By Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī himself including a deep purport of that commentary)

Śrī Jaimini begins to please Śrī Janameyaja by expounding on the favorable topics that Śrī Uttarā asks about in the following conversation with her son Parīkṣit (uttarā-parīkṣit samvāda).

Śrī Jaimini said: “O exalted Mahārāja Janamejaya, Parīkṣit’s mother, Śrī Uttarā-devī, asked about the instructions of Śrī Śukadeva, the venerable son of Vedavyāsa. In other words, how did the narration of the mahā-purāṇa Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam and the instructions imparted by Śrī Sukadeva destroy all fears? What was the nature of those fears?”

His mother Śrī Uttarā-devī asked the illustrious King Parīkṣit, now absorbed in the flow of prema-rasa at Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s lotus feet, of the impending time to ascend to Vaikuṇṭha from the fearful snakebite of Takṣaka. Moreover, how had the fruits of the group of four, that is, dharma, artha, kāma and mokṣa, come so effortlessly due to the elimination of the constant fear of repeated birth and death? If pointed out that after Śrī Śukadeva gave his instructions he went to Vaikuṇṭha, then where was the time for him to return to his own realm and give a reply to the impending questions? Anticipating this, he speaks the verse beginning with sannikṛṣṭa. In the brief time after Śrī Śukadeva leaves, before the ascendance of Śrī Parīkṣit, his mother asks her questions and he replies—this is the line of thought here.

Due to the impending separation and grief of her son, she became anxious. In what manner did she inquire from her son then? She was kṛṣṇa tatparā, devotedly anxious to hear about the pastimes of Śrī Kṛṣṇa. Saying this, she asked about this most confidential topic in a solitary place. Nevertheless, if it is assumed she asks out of grief for her own parama bhāgavata son, how could she hear the answer to such a question? Furthermore, how will she be able to realize it? To allay these suspicions, he says prabodhyānanditā, “consoled and pleased.” It was her own son Parīkṣit Mahārāja who consoled her, instructing her with absolute knowledge (tattva-jñāna) on the deceptive nature of repeated birth, death and accompanying afflictions in this material world.