the qualities of a brahmana - Bhagavad-gita 18.42 / peacefulness, self-control, austerity, purity, tolerance, honesty, wisdom, knowledge, and religiousness / brahmana is not based on birth, it’s based on qualities / the futures glories of Maharaja Pariksit / material attachment & surrender go ill together / the story of Pariksit’s curse / transcending death through hearing Bhagavatam