Shloka 5
Parīkṣit’s Full Surrender and Śukadeva’s Maṅgalācaraṇa to Kṛṣṇa
Inquiry into Creation, Maintenance, and Dissolution
राजोवाच समीचीनं वचो ब्रह्मन् सर्वज्ञस्य तवानघ । तमो विशीर्यते मह्यं हरे: कथयत: कथाम् ॥ ५ ॥
rājovāca samīcīnaṁ vaco brahman sarva-jñasya tavānagha tamo viśīryate mahyaṁ hareḥ kathayataḥ kathām
พระราชาตรัสว่า “โอ้พราหมณ์ผู้บริสุทธิ์ ท่านรู้ทุกสิ่ง จึงเห็นว่าถ้อยคำของท่านถูกต้องยิ่งนัก สำหรับข้าพเจ้า ความมืดแห่งอวิชชากำลังสลายไปทีละน้อย เพราะท่านกำลังเล่าเรื่องราวของพระหริ”
The practical experience of Mahārāja Parīkṣit is disclosed herein, revealing that transcendental topics of the Lord act like injections when received by the sincere devotee from a person who is perfectly uncontaminated by material tinges. In other words, reception of the messages of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam from professional men, heard by a karma-kāṇḍīya audience, never acts miraculously as stated here. Devotional hearing of the messages of the Lord is not like hearing ordinary topics; therefore the action will be felt by the sincere hearer by experience of the gradual disappearance of ignorance.
FAQs
This verse states that as Lord Hari’s narrations are heard, inner darkness (ignorance) is destroyed—showing śravaṇa (hearing) as a direct purifier and illuminator of consciousness.
Parīkṣit recognizes Śukadeva as a pure, realized sage whose spiritually authoritative words are “fitting,” and he experiences their effect immediately as ignorance is dispelled by the Hari-kathā being spoken.
Make regular time to hear or read Śrīmad Bhāgavatam or authentic Hari-kathā; consistent listening replaces confusion and anxiety with clarity, devotion, and steadier spiritual intelligence.