We can remember also that the situation I'm in now can be remedied by the process of hearing Śrīmad Bhāgavatam, and if we take advantage of it, then very naturally, if we're in that state of mind of seriously hearing the Bhāgavatam, then, as the Sanskrit says in this verse, "Of those who hear in earnestness -śraddhayā," and nityam means always or regularly. So what does that mean? And this is one of the symptoms of being serious, is nityam. So nityam means always, like mahārāja-Parīkṣit, or it also means at least once a day, because our ācāryas have said, Where? In the Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu, the commentary is there from Jīva Gosvāmī, who mentions that, if we tell somebody who's got a lot of obligations, "Does anybody here have any obligations?" 1, 2, 3, I'm going to find somebody who doesn't have any. Okay, everyone's putting their hand up now.

We have a lot of obligations right now in life, so then it means that you can't do it all the time. If we tell somebody that you should just do this all the time, like Parīkṣit Mahārāja, then it might be overwhelming. And you might think there's no entry point for me in this. So then they say something very practical for us, which is that it means at least once a day. So if we apply ourselves at least once a day, and don't miss a day to the process of hearing Śrīmad Bhāgavatam, then we'll attain the result. And it's very practical that if we get the perspective from the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam before we go out to meet our other obligations, then we'll meet them with alacrity and we'll also make better choices as we move about the day, just like when you're shopping, you make much better choices in shopping when you're not hungry.

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