← Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (1962)

Chapter 17: Punishment and Reward of Kali

Verse 14 of 41
SB 1.17.14

jane 'nāgasy aghaṁ yuñjan sarvato 'sya ca mad-bhayam sādhūnāṁ bhadram eva syād asādhu-damane kṛte

Synonyms

janeunto the living beings; anāgasithose who are offenceless; aghamsufferings; yuñjanby applying; sarvataḥany where and everywhere; asyaof such offender; cafears from me; mat-bhayamof the honest prsons; sādhūnāmauspiciousness; bhadramcertainly; evawill take place; syātdishonest miscreants; asādhucurbed down; damanebeing so done.

Translation

Any one who is accustomed to cause suffering on offenceless living beings must be afraid of me anywhere and everywhere in the world. And by curbing down the dishonest miscreants automatically auspisiousness is bestowed upon the offenceless.

Purport

Dishonest miscreants flourish on account of coward impotent executive head of the state. But when such executive head is strong enough to curb down all sorts of dishnonst miscreants, in any part of his state, certainly they cannot flourish at any length. When the miscreants are punished in an examplary manner automatically all auspiciousness follow upon the innocent and offence-less living beings. As said before, it is the prime duty of the king or the executive head to give protection in all respects to the peaceful offenceless citizens of the state. The devotees of the Lord are by nature peaceful and offenceless and as such it is the duty of the state to arrange for converting everyone to become a devotee of the Lord and thus automatically there will be all peaceful offenceless citizens of the state and the only duty of the king will be to curb down the dishonest miscreants. That will bring about peace and harmony all over the human society.

Verse 14 of 41
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