Srimad-Bhagavatam Canto 4 Ch 16

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HARE KRSNA-- This is a Little Story i remembered,In answering

a Letter! I was saying Where is Krsna???????

 

Where is Krsna ,where is Krsna Everyone in the room asked!Srila

Prabhupada,Had Taken the Small, Deity ,of Krsna, And Hid it ,Behind

his Back!Her name was, Saraswati,was a small child,in the room,and

she looked around the room intentlty,And Came Back,seeing a

glimps,of Srila Prabhupadas Hands, in back of Him,Everyone Asked

Again, Where is Krsna,Where is Krsna, Where had he gone too !Well

little Saraswati,Turned to everyone,And said, Prabhupada's, Got Krsna

and that Lesson ,has always stuck ,in my Mind, Srila Prabhupada,Has

Krsna,and he is Freely Giving ,Him Too us!!JAI PRABHUPADA!

Likewise ,Our presnt Gurus ,Have Krsna Too,and it only by thier

mercy,and Srila Prabhupadas ,Grace,will we survive , HARE KRSNA HARI

BOL! (krsnadas108) ( krsnajoe) and my initiated name, is

Jaya Kesava Dasa (all is me,dasa)

 

 

Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 4, Ch. 16]

TEXT 16

TRANSLATION

 

The King will be firmly determined and always situated in truth. He

will be a lover of the brahminical culture and will render all

service to old men and give shelter to all surrendered souls. Giving

respect to all, he will al­ways be merciful to the poor and innocent.

 

PURPORT

 

The word vrddha-sevakah is very significant. Vrddha means "old men."

There are two kinds of old men: one is old by age, and another is old

by knowledge. This Sanskrit word indicates that one can be older by

the ad­vancement of knowledge. King Prthu was very respectful to the

brahmanas, and he protected them. He also protected persons advanced

in age. Whatever the King would decide to do, no one would be able to

stop. That is called dradha -sankalpa or drdha-vrata.

 

TEXT 17

 

TRANSLATION

The King will respect, all women, as if they were his own mother, and

he will treat his own wife ,as the other half, of his body. He will

be just like an affectionate father ,to his citizens, and he will

treat himself as ,the most obedient servant of the devotees, who

always preach the glories of the Lord.

 

PURPORT

A learned man treats all women except his wife as his mother, looks

on others' property as garbage in the street, and treats others as he

would treat his own self. These are the symptoms of a learned person

as described by Canakya Pandita. This should be the standard for

education. Education does not mean having academic degrees only. One

should execute what he has learned in his personal life. These

learned characteristics were verily manifest in the life of King

Pythu. Although he was king, he treated himself as a servant of the

Lord's devotees. According to Vedic etiquette, if a devotee came to a

king's palace, the king would immediately offer his own seat to him.

The word brahma-vadinam is very significant. Brahma-vadi refers to

the devotees of the Lord. Brahman, Paramatma and Bhagavan are

different terms for the Supreme Brahman, and the Supreme Brahman is

Lord Krsna. This is accepted in Bhagavad-gita by Arjuna (pararm

brahma param dhama, Bg. 10.12). Thus the word brahma-vadinam refers

to the devo­tees of the Lord. The state should always serve the

devotees of the Lord, and the ideal state should conduct itself

according to the instructions of the devotee. Because King Prthu

followed this principle, he is highly praised.

 

TEXT 18

 

TRANSLATION

 

The King will consider all embodied living entities as dear as his

own self, and he will always be increasing the pleasures of his

friends. He will inti­mately associate with liberated persons, and he

will be a chastising hand, to all impious persons.

 

PURPORT

 

The word dehinam refers to those who are embodied. The living

entities are embodied in different forms, which number 8,400,000

species. All of these were treated by the King ,in the same way he

would treat himself. In this age, however, so-called kings and

presidents ,do not treat all other living entities as their own self.

Most of them are meat-eaters, and even though they may not be meat-

eaters ,and may pose themselves to be very religious, and pious, they

still allow cow slaughter, within their state. Such sinful heads of

state cannot actually be popular at any lime. Another significant

word in this verse is mukta-samga-prasangah, which indicates that the

King was always associating with liberated persons.

 

Thank You,ALL Translations and Purports are from original Srimad-

Bhagavatam,and not changed From Srila Prabhupadas translations.

 

 

 

 

 

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