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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.17.35
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 35
- sūta uvāca
- parīkṣitaivam ādiṣṭaḥ
- sa kalir jāta-vepathuḥ
- tam udyatāsim āhedaṁ
- daṇḍa-pāṇim ivodyatam
sūtaḥŚrī Sūta Gosvāmī said uvācaŚrī Sūta Gosvāmī said — Śrī Sūta Gosvāmī said; parīkṣitāby Mahārāja Parīkṣit — by Mahārāja Parīkṣit; evamthus — thus; ādiṣṭaḥbeing ordered — being ordered; saḥhe — he; kaliḥthe personality of Kali — the personality of Kali; jātathere was — there was; vepathuḥtrembling — trembling; tamhim — him; udyataraised — raised; asimsword — sword; āhasaid — said; idamthus — thus; daṇḍaYamarāja, the personality of death-pāṇimYamarāja, the personality of death — Yamarāja, the personality of death; ivalike — like; udyatamalmost ready — almost ready.
Śrī Sūta Gosvāmī said: The personality of Kali, thus being ordered by Mahārāja Parīkṣit, began to tremble in fear. Seeing the King before him like Yamarāja, ready to Kill him, Kali spoke to the King as follows.
The King was ready to kill the personality of Kali at once, as soon as he disobeyed his order. Otherwise the King had no objection to allowing him to prolong his life. The personality of Kali also, after attempting to get rid of the punishment in various ways, decided that he must surrender unto him, and thus he began to tremble in fear of his life. The king, or the executive head, must be so strong as to stand before the personality of Kali like the personality of death, Yamarāja. The King's order must be obeyed, otherwise the culprit's life is in risk. That is the way to rule the personalities of Kali who create disturbance in the normal life of the state citizens.