Shloka 4
Parīkṣit’s Comprehensive Inquiries and the Bhāgavata as Śabda-avatāra
शृण्वत: श्रद्धया नित्यं गृणतश्च स्वचेष्टितम् । कालेन नातिदीर्घेण भगवान् विशते हृदि ॥ ४ ॥
śṛṇvataḥ śraddhayā nityaṁ gṛṇataś ca sva-ceṣṭitam kālena nātidīrgheṇa bhagavān viśate hṛdi
ယုံကြည် श्रद्धာ ဖြင့် နေ့စဉ် နားထောင်၍ သူ၏ သန့်ရှင်းသော လီလာကို ချီးမွမ်းသီဆိုသူတို့၏ နှလုံးထဲသို့ မကြာမီ ဘဂဝန် သရီကൃഷ്ണ ဝင်ရောက်တည်နေသည်။
Cheap devotees or materialistic devotees of the Lord are very much desirous to see the Lord personally without meeting the requisite qualifications. Such third-grade devotees should know well that material attachment and seeing the Lord face to face cannot go together. It is not such a mechanical process that the professional Bhāgavatam reciters can do the job on behalf of the third-grade materialistic pseudodevotee. The professional men are useless in this connection because they are neither self-realized nor interested in the liberation of the audience. They are simply interested in maintaining the material establishment of family attachment and earning some material benefits out of the profession. Mahārāja Parīkṣit had no more than seven days to live, but for others Mahārāja Parīkṣit personally recommends that one hear Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam regularly, nityam, always by one’s own effort and with serious devotion also. That will help one to see the Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa manifested in one’s heart within no time.
FAQs
This verse says that when one hears the Lord’s narrations with faith regularly, the Lord soon enters the heart—indicating inner purification and awakening of devotion.
Parīkṣit was seeking the surest spiritual path before death; Śukadeva emphasizes that steady hearing and glorifying Bhagavān is the direct means for the Lord to reveal Himself within.
Set a daily routine—listen to Bhagavatam/Krishna-kathā and speak or chant its messages; consistent practice, even in small portions, steadily transforms the mind and heart.