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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.18.32
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 32
- tasya putro 'titejasvī
- viharan bālako 'rbhakaiḥ
- rājñāghaṁ prāpitaṁ tātaṁ
- śrutvā tatredam abravīt
tasyahis (the sage's) — his (the sage's); putraḥson — son; atiextremely — extremely; tejasvīpowerful — powerful; viharanwhile playing — while playing; bālakaḥwith boys — with boys; arbhakaiḥwho were all childish — who were all childish; rājñāby the King — by the King; aghamdistress — distress; prāpitammade to have — made to have; tātamthe father — the father; śrutvāby hearing — by hearing; tatrathen and there — then and there; idamthis — this; abravītspoke — spoke.
The sage had a son who was very powerful, being a brāhmaṇa's son. While he was playing with inexperienced boys, he heard of his father's distress, which was occasioned by the King. Then and there the boy spoke as follows.
Due to Mahārāja Parīkṣit's good government, even a boy of tender age, who was playing with other inexperienced boys, could become as powerful as a qualified brāhmaṇa. This boy was known as Śṛṅgi, and he achieved good training in brahmacarya by his father so that he could be as powerful as a brāhmaṇa, even at that age. But because the age of Kali was seeking an opportunity to spoil the cultural heritage of the four orders of life, the inexperienced boy gave a chance for the age of Kali to enter into the field of Vedic culture. Hatred of the lower orders of life began from this brāhmaṇa boy, under the influence of Kali, and thus cultural life began to dwindle day after day. The first victim of brahminical injustice was Mahārāja Parīkṣit, and thus the protection given by the King against the onslaught of Kali was slackened.