Srimad Bhagavatam, Volume 3

We have inherited the fame of Arjuna and therefore as you have
surrendered yourself with folded hands, you have by all means no fear of
life neither you can remain in any land of my kingdom as you are the
friend of irreligiosity.
The personality of Kali who is the friend of all kinds of irreligiosities may be
excused if he surrenders but in all circumstances he can not be allowed to
domicile as citizen in any part of an welfare state. The Pandavas were
entrusted representatives of the Personality of Godhead Lord Krishna who
practically brought into being the battle of Kurukshetra but not for any
personal interest. He wanted that ideal king like Maharaj Yudhisthir and his
descendants like Maharaj Parikshit should rule over the world and therefore
responsible king like Maharaj Parikshit cannot allowed the friend of
irreligiosity to flourish in the kingdom at the cost of good fame of the
Pandavas. That is the way of wiping out corruption in the state and not
otherwise. The friends of irreligiosity should be banished away from the state
and that will save the state from corruption.
Twam vartamanam naradeva dehesu
Anupravitto ayam adharma pugah
Lobho anritam chouryam anaryam
Amho jyestha cha maya kalahas cha dambhah
Twam—you, Vartamanam—while present, Naradeva—Mangod or the King,
Dehesu—in the body, Anupravitto—all round beginning, Ayam—all these,
Adharma—principles of irreligiosites, Pugah—in rank and file, Lobho—
greed, Anritam—falsty, Chouryam—pilfery, Anaryam—incivility, Amha—
renegation, Jyestha—misfortune, Maya—cheating, Kalahas—quarrel,
Dambha—vanity.
If the personality of Kali or irreligiosity is allowed to act as the mangod
or executive head certainly the rank and file of irreligiosities like greed,
falsehood, pilfery, incivility, renegation, misfortune, cheating, quarrel
and vanity will follow all round.
The principles of religion namely austerity, cleanliness, mercy and
truthfalness as we have already discussed, may be followed by the follower of
any faith. There is no need of turning the coat of a Hindu to Mahamedan or
that of Mahamedan to Christian or some other faith and thus become a
renegade without following the principles of religion. The Bhagwatam
religion means to follow the principles of religion. The principles of religion
are not dogmas or regulative principles of a certain faith. Such regulative
principles may be different in terms of the time place concerned. But one has
to see whether the aims of religion have been achieved. Sticking to the
dogmas and formulas without attainment of the real principles, is no good. A
secular state may be inpartial to any particular type of faith but the state
cannot be indifferen to the the principles of religion as abovementioned. But
in the age of Kali the executive heads of state will be indifferent to such
religions principles and therefore under their patronage the opposite numbers
of religious principles namely greed. falsehood, cheating, renegation, pilfery
etc. will naturally follow and there is no meaning for a propaganda crying to
stop corruption in the state.
Na vartitabyam tat adharma bandho
Dharmena satyena cha vartitabye.
Brahmavarte yatra yajanti yajnair
Yajeswaram yajnavitana vijnah.
Na—Not, Vartitavyam—deserve to remain, Tat—therefore, Adharma—
irreligiosity, Bandho—friend, Dharmena—with religion Satyena—with truth,
Cha—also, Vartitavye—being situated in, Brahmavarte—place where
sacrifice is performed, Yatra—where, Yajanti—duly perform, Yajnair—by
sacrifices or devotional services, Yajneswaram—unto the Supreme Lord the
Personality of Godhead, Yajna—sacrifice, Vitana—spreading, Vijnah—
experts.
Oh the friend of irreligiosity you do not therefore deserve to remain in
the place where in terms of religious principle and truthfulness sacrifices
are performed by experts who know how to propagate the sacrifiicial
activities for satisfaction of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
Yajneswara or the Supreme Personality of Godhead is the beneficiary of all
kinds of sacrificial ceremonies. Such sacrificial ceremonies are prescribed in
the scriptures differently for different ages. In other words sacrifice means to
accept the supremacy of the Lord and thereby perform acts by which the Lord
may be satisfied in all respects. The atheist does not believe in the existence
of God and they do not perform any sacrifice for the satisfaction of the Lord.
Any place or country where the supremacy of the Lord is accepted and thus
sacrifice is performed is called Brahmavarta. There are different countries in
different parts of the world and each and every of country may have different
types of accepting process or sacrificial method for pleasing the Supreme
Lord but the central point of such pleasing method is ascertained in the Bhag
watam and it is truthfulness. Basic principle of religion is truthfulness and the
ultimate goal of all religious is to satisfy the Lord. In this age of Kali the
greatest common formula of sacrificial method is Samkirtan Yajna. That is the
opinion of the experts who know how to propagate the process of Yajna. Lord
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Seventeenth Chapter - Punishment And Reward of Kali
Chaitanya preached this method of Yajna and it is understood from this verse
of Srimad Bhagwatam that any where and every where the sacrifiicial method
of Sankirtan Yajna may be performed inorder to drive away the personality of
Kali and save the human society from falling a prey to the influence of the
age.
Yasmin harir bhagawam ijyamana
Ijyatma murtir yajatam sam tanoti
Kaman amoghan sthirajamgamanam
Antarvahir vayuriva esha atma.
Yasmin—in such sacrificial ceremonies, Harir—the Supreme Lord,
Bhagwan—the Personality of Godhead, Ijyamana—being worshipped,
Ijyatma—the soul of all worshipable deities, Murtir—of the forms, Yajatam—
those who worship, Sam—welfare, Tanoti—spreads, Kaman—desires,
Amoghan—inviolable, Sthirajamgamanam—of all the moving and the
unmoving, Antar—within, Vahir—outside, Vayur—air, Iva—like, Esha—of
all of them,—Atma—spirit soul.
In all sacrificial ceremonies although sometimes some demigod is
worshipped still by such sacrifice the Supreme Lord Personality of
Godhead is worshipped; because He is the Supersoul of every one and
exists both inside and outside like the air and thus it is He only Who
awards all welfare for the worshipper.
Even it is sometimes seen that demigods like Indra, Chandra etc are
worshipped and offered sacrificial awards, still the rewards of all such
sacrifices are awarded to the worshipper by the Supreme Lord and it is the
Lord only who can offer all welfare for the worshipper. The demigods
although worshipped cannot do anything without the sanction of the Lord
because the Lord is the Supersoul of every one both moving and non-moving.
In the Bhagwat Geeta it is confirmed in the following sloka:-
Yepi anya devatabhakta yajante sraddhyanwita
Te api mam eva kounteya yajanti abidhipurvakam (Bg. 9.23)
The fact is that the Supreme Lord is one without a second. There is no other
separate God except the Lord Himself. As such the Supreme Lord is eternally
transcendental to the material creation. But there are many who worship the
demigods like the Sun, Moon, Indra etc who are only material representatives
of the Supreme Lord. They are in one sense or indirectly qualitative
representation of the Supreme Lord. A learned scholar or a learned devotee
knows who is who and therefore directly they worship the Supreme Lord
without any diversion for the material qualitative representations. But those
who are not so learned they worship such qualitative material representations
and their worship is uncermonious on account of irregular worship.
Sri Suta uvacha:
Parikshitai evam adistah sa kalir jata vepathuh
Tam udyatam asim adehh dandapanim iva udyatam
Sri Sua uvacha—Sri Suta Goswami said, Parikshitair—by Maharaj Parikshit,
Evam—thus, Adistah—being ordered, Sa—he, Kalir—of the personality of
Kali, Jata—there was, Vepathu—trembling, Tam—him, Udyatam—raised up,
Asim—Sword, Aha—said, Idam—thus, Dandapanim—Yamaraj the
personality of death, Iva—like, Uddatam—almost ready.
Sri Suta Goswami then explained before the Rishis like Sounaka and
others. He said that the personality of Kali thus being ordered by
Maharaj Parikshit began to tremble in fear and seeing him like the
personality of death Yamaraj ready to kill him, Kali said unto the king as
follows:
The king was ready to kill him at once as soon as the personality of Kali
would disobey his order. Otherwise the king had no objection to allow him
prolonging his life. The personality of Kali also, after attempting to get rid of
the punishment in varions ways, decided it 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 as if the
personality of death Yamaraj. The kings order must be obeyed otherwise the
culprits life is in risk. That is the way of ruling over the personalities of Kali
who would create distrurbance in the normal life of the state citizens.
Yatra kwa va atha vatsyami sarvabhouma taba ajnaya
Lakshaye tatra tatra api twam atta isu sarasanam.
Yatra—anywhere, Kwa—and every where, Va—either, Atha—thereof,
Vatsami— I shall reside, Sarvabhouma—oh the Lord or emperor of the earth,
Tavo—your, Ajnaya—by the order, Lakshaye—I see, tatra—there and there,
Api—also, Twam—your majesty, Atta—taken over, Isu—arrow,
Sarasanam—place on the bow.
Oh your majesty, I may live anywhere and everywhere under your order
but there and there I shall have to see you with bow and arrows as I can
see.
The personality of Kali could see it that Maharaj Parikshit was the emperor of
all lands all over the world and as such anywhere he might live he would have
to meet with the same mood of the king. The personality of Kali was meant