← Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (1962)

Chapter 17: Punishment and Reward of Kali

Verse 15 of 41
SB 1.17.15

anāgaḥsv iha bhūteṣu ya āgaskṛn niraṅkuśaḥ āhartāsmi bhujaṁ sākṣād amartyasyāpi sāṅgadam

Synonyms

anāgaḥsu ihaunto the offenceless, bhutesu—living beings; bhūteṣuthe person; yaḥcommits offence; āgaskṛtupstart; niraṅkuśaḥI shall bring forth; āharta asmiarms; bhujamdircetly Amartyasyapi—even of one who may be a demigod; sākṣātwith his decoration of dress and ornaments.

Translation

Any upstart living being who commits offence by torturing offenceless living being, eventhough he may be a denizen of heavenly planet, shall be uprooted by me dircectly by his arms with decorations of dress and ornaments.

Purport

The denizens of heavenly kingdom are called Amaras or deathless on account of possessing long span of life far greater than that of the human beings. For human being who has got only maximum 100 one hundred years of age as duration of life, a span of life spreading over hundreds of crores of years, is certainly considered to be deathless. For example from the Bhagwat Geeta we learn that in the 'Brahmaloka' planet the duration of life is calculated as 4300000 X 1000 of solar years as one day only. Similarly in other heavenly planets the duration of life is calculated as six months of this planet is equal to one day of that planet. And they get a life of 10000 ten thoussands of their years span of life. Therefore, in all higher planets the span of life being far greater than that of the human being, the denizens are called deathless by imagination although actually no body within the material universes is deathless.

Maharaj Parikshit challenges even such denizens of heaven if any one of them commits such unlawful act as to torture the offenceless. This means that the state executive head must be as strong as Maharaj Parikshut so that he may be determined to punish the strongest offenders. That should be the principles of a state executive head that the offender in the codes God must always be punished.

Verse 15 of 41
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