Katha from our Law Books

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Dear exalted devotees of the Lord,

 

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to our Founder Acharya,

A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada.

 

Here are some quotes from our "Law Books" as given to us by Srila

Prabhupada in his translations of Srimad Bhagavatam. Reading his books

are the same as having a personal darshan with His Divine Grace. He is

always present with us in his words.

 

Canto 4, Chapter 14: purport,

by AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada:

text 12:

 

"Saintly persons are not interested in political matters, yet they are

always thinking of the welfare of the people in general. Consequently

they sometimes have to come down to the political field and take steps to

correct the misguided government or royalty."

 

text 31:

"...If the king or government becomes demonic, it is the duty of a

saintly person to upset the government and replace it with deserving

persons who follow the orders and instructions of saintly persons."

 

text 32:

"One should not at any time tolerate blasphemy and insults against Lord

Visnu or His devotees. A devotee is generally very humble and meek, and

he is reluctant to pick a quarrel with anyone. Nor does he envy anyone.

However, a pure devotee immediately becomes fiery with anger when he sees

that Lord Visnu or His devotee is insulted. This is the duty of a

devotee. Although a devotee maintains an attitude of meekness and

gentleness, it is a great fault on his part if he remains silent when the

Lord or His devotee is bhasphemed."

 

text 34:

"The great sages, thus manifesting their covert anger, immediately

decided to kill the King. King Vena was already as good as dead due to

his blasphemy against the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Thus without

using any weapons, the sages killed King Vena simply by high-sounding

words."

 

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It appears in Vedic times that qualified, gayatri mantra chanting

brahmanas, were the ones to carry out covert military operations

together. I have no idea what "high-sounding words" are, but it sounds

good.

 

Also, the saintly Pracetas kept law and order in their land just by their

fiery glance.

 

praying for peace in this world,

I remain

your humble servant

S.d.

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