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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.10.2
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 2
- sūta uvāca
- vaṁśaṁ kuror vaṁśa-davāgni-nirhṛtaṁ
- saṁrohayitvā bhava-bhāvano hariḥ
- niveśayitvā nija-rājya īśvaro
- yudhiṣṭhiraṁ prīta-manā babhūva ha
sūtaḥSūta Gosvāmī replied uvācaSūta Gosvāmī replied — Sūta Gosvāmī replied; vaṁśamdynasty — dynasty; kuroḥof King Kuru — of King Kuru; vaṁśaa forest fire set by the bamboos-davaa forest fire set by the bamboos-agnia forest fire set by the bamboos — a forest fire set by the bamboos; nirhṛtamexhausted — exhausted; saṁrohayitvāseedling of the dynasty — seedling of the dynasty; bhavathe maintainer of creation-bhāvanaḥthe maintainer of creation — the maintainer of creation; hariḥthe Personality of Godhead, Śrī Kṛṣṇa — the Personality of Godhead, Śrī Kṛṣṇa; niveśayitvāhaving reestablished — having reestablished; nijain his own kingdom-rājyein his own kingdom — in his own kingdom; īśvaraḥthe Supreme Lord — the Supreme Lord; yudhiṣṭhiramunto Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira — unto Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira; prītapleased in His mind-manāḥpleased in His mind — pleased in His mind; babhūvabecame habecame — became.
Sūta Gosvāmī said: Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is the maintainer of the world, became pleased after reestablishing Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira in his own kingdom and after restoring the Kuru dynasty, which had been exhausted by the bamboo fire of anger.
This world is compared to a forest fire caused by the cohesion of bamboo bushes. Such a forest fire takes place automatically, for bamboo cohesion occurs without external cause. Similarly, in the material world the wrath of those who want to lord it over material nature interacts, and the fire of war takes place, exhausting the unwanted population. Such fires or wars take place, and the Lord has nothing to do with them. But because He wants to maintain the creation, He desires the mass of people to follow the right path of self-realization, which enables the living beings to enter into the kingdom of God. The Lord wants the suffering human beings to come back home, back to Him, and cease to suffer the threefold material pangs. The whole plan of creation is made in that way, and one who does not come to his senses suffers in the material world by pangs inflicted by the illusory energy of the Lord. The Lord therefore wants His bona fide representative to rule the world. Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa descended to establish this sort of regime and to kill the unwanted persons who have nothing to do with His plan. The Battle of Kurukṣetra was fought according to the plan of the Lord so that undesirable persons could get out of the world and a peaceful kingdom under His devotee could be established. The Lord was therefore fully satisfied when King Yudhiṣṭhira was on the throne and the seedling of the dynasty of Kuru, in the person of Mahārāja Parīkṣit, was saved.