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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.18.8
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 8
- kiṁ nu bāleṣu śūreṇa
- kalinā dhīra-bhīruṇā
- apramattaḥ pramatteṣu
- yo vṛko nṛṣu vartate
kimwhat — what; numay be — may be; bāleṣuamong the less intelligent persons — among the less intelligent persons; śūreṇaby the powerful — by the powerful; kalināby the personality of Kali — by the personality of Kali; dhīraself-controlled — self-controlled; bhīruṇāby one who is afraid of — by one who is afraid of; apramattaḥone who is careful — one who is careful; pramatteṣuamong the careless — among the careless; yaḥone who — one who; vṛkaḥtiger — tiger; nṛṣuamong men — among men; vartateexists — exists.
Mahārāja Parīkṣit considered that less intelligent men might find the personality of Kali to be very powerful, but that those who are self-controlled would have nothing to fear. The King was powerful like a tiger and took care for the foolish, careless persons.
Those who are not devotees of the Lord are careless and unintelligent. Unless one is thoroughly intelligent, one cannot be a devotee of the Lord. Those who are not devotees of the Lord fall prey to the actions of Kali. It will not be possible to bring about a saner condition in society unless we are prepared to accept the modes of action adopted by Mahārāja Parīkṣit, i.e., propagation of the devotional service of the Lord to the common man.