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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.17.31
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 31
- rājovāca
- na te guḍākeśa-yaśo-dharāṇāṁ
- baddhāñjaler vai bhayam asti kiñcit
- na vartitavyaṁ bhavatā kathañcana
- kṣetre madīye tvam adharma-bandhuḥ
rājāthe King said uvācathe King said — the King said; nanot — not; teyour — your; guḍākeśaArjuna — Arjuna; yaśaḥof us who inherited the fame-dharāṇāmof us who inherited the fame — of us who inherited the fame; baddhaone with folded hands-añjaleḥone with folded hands — one with folded hands; vaicertainly — certainly; bhayamfear — fear; astithere is — there is; kiñciteven a slight — even a slight; naneither — neither; vartitavyamcan be allowed to live — can be allowed to live; bhavatāby you — by you; kathañcanaby all means — by all means; kṣetrein the land — in the land; madīyein my kingdom — in my kingdom; tvamyou — you; adharmathe friend of irreligion-bandhuḥthe friend of irreligion — the friend of irreligion.
The King thus said: We have inherited the fame of Arjuna; therefore since you have surrendered yourself with folded hands you need not fear for your life. But you cannot remain in my kingdom, for you are the friend of irreligion.
The personality of Kali, who is the friend of all kinds of irreligiosities, may be excused if he surrenders, but in all circumstances he cannot be allowed to live as a citizen in any part of a welfare state. The Pāṇḍavas were entrusted representatives of the Personality of Godhead, Lord Kṛṣṇa, who practically brought into being the Battle of Kurukṣetra, but not for any personal interest. He wanted an ideal king like Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira and his descendants like Mahārāja Parīkṣit to rule the world, and therefore a responsible king like Mahārāja Parīkṣit could not allow the friend of irreligiosity to flourish in his kingdom at the cost of the good fame of the Pāṇḍavas. That is the way of wiping out corruption in the state, and not otherwise. The friends of irreligiosity should be banished from the state, and that will save the state from corruption.