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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.21.56
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 56
- athāpi pṛcche tvāṁ vīra
- yad-arthaṁ tvam ihāgataḥ
- tad vayaṁ nirvyalīkena
- pratipadyāmahe hṛdā
athain spite of all this apiin spite of all this — in spite of all this; pṛccheI ask — I ask; tvāmyou — you; vīraO valiant King — O valiant King; yatthe purpose-arthamthe purpose — the purpose; tvamyou — you; ihahere — here; āgataḥhave come — have come; tatthat — that; vayamwe — we; nirvyalīkenawithout reservation — without reservation; pratipadyāmahewe shall carry out — we shall carry out; hṛdāwith heart and soul — with heart and soul.
In spite of all this, I ask you, O valiant King, the purpose for which you have come here. Whatever it may be, we shall carry it out without reservation.
When a guest comes to a friend's house, it is understood that there is some special purpose. Kardama Muni could understand that such a great king as Svāyambhuva, although traveling to inspect the condition of his kingdom, must have had some special purpose to come to his hermitage. Thus he prepared himself to fulfill the King's desire. Formerly it was customary that the sages used to go to the kings and the kings used to visit the sages in their hermitages; each was glad to fulfill the other's purpose. This reciprocal relationship is called bhakti-kārya. There is a nice verse describing the relationship of mutual beneficial interest between the brāhmaṇa and the kṣatriya (kṣatraṁ dvijatvam). Kṣatram means "the royal order," and dvijatvam means "the brahminical order." The two were meant for mutual interest. The royal order would give protection to the brāhmaṇas for the cultivation of spiritual advancement in society, and the brāhmaṇas would give their valuable instruction to the royal order on how the state and the citizens can gradually be elevated in spiritual perfection.
Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the Third Canto, Twenty-first Chapter, of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, entitled "Conversation Between Manu and Kardama."