Le Cow Quote Du Jour # 115

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TRANSLATION

Because of the King's having no enemy, the living beings were not at any

time disturbed by mental agonies, diseases, or excessive heat or cold.

 

PURPORT

To be nonviolent to human beings and to be a killer or enemy of the poor

animals is Satan's philosophy. In this age there is enmity toward poor

animals, and therefore the poor creatures are always anxious. The reaction

of the poor animals is being forced on human society, and therefore there is

always the strain of cold or hot war between men, individually, collectively

or nationally. At the time of Maharaja Yudhisthira, there were no different

nations, although there were different subordinate states. The whole world

was united, and the supreme head, being a trained king like Yudhisthira,

kept all the inhabitants free from anxiety, diseases and excessive heat and

cold. They were not only economically well-to-do, but also physically fit

and undisturbed by supernatural power, by enmity from other living beings

and by disturbance of bodily and mental agonies. There is a proverb in

Bengali that a bad king spoils the kingdom and a bad housewife spoils the

family. This truth is applicable here also. Because the King was pious and

obedient to the Lord and sages, because he was no one's enemy and because he

was a recognized agent of the Lord and therefore protected by Him, all the

citizens under the King's protection were, so to speak, directly protected

by the Lord and His authorized agents. Unless one is pious and recognized by

the Lord, he cannot make others happy who are under his care. There is full

cooperation between man and God and man and nature, and this conscious

cooperation between man and God and man and nature, as exemplified by King

Yudhisthira, can bring about happiness, peace and prosperity in the world.

The attitude of exploiting one another, the custom of the day, will only

bring misery.

 

>>> Ref. VedaBase => SB 1.10.6