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Departure of Lord Krṣṇa for Dvārakā
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TEXT 6
नाधयो व्याधयः क्लेशा दैवभूतात्महेतवः । अजातशत्रावभवन् जन्तूनां राज्ञि कर्हिचित् ॥ ६ ॥
nādhayo vyādhayaḥ kleśā daiva-bhūtātma-hetavaḥ ajāta-śatrāv abhavan jantūnāṁ rājñi karhicit
na —never;  ādhayaḥ —anxieties;  vyādhayaḥ —diseases;  kleśāḥ —trouble due to excessive heat and cold;  daiva-bhūta-ātma —all due to the body, supernatural power and other living beings;  hetavaḥ —due to the cause of;  ajāta-śatrau —unto one who has no enemy;  abhavan —happened;  jantūnāṁ —of the living beings;  rājñi —unto the King;  karhicit —at any time.
TRANSLATION
Due to the King's having no enemy, the living beings were not at any time disturbed by mental agonies, diseases, or excessive heat or cold.
PURPORT
To be nonviolent to human beings and to be a killer or enemy of the poor animals is Satan's philosophy. In this age there is enmity against poor animals, and therefore the poor creatures are always anxious. The reaction of the poor animals is being forced  ●  n human society, and therefore there is always the strain of cold or hot war between men, individually, collectively or nationally. At the time of Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira, there were no different nations, although there were different subordinate states. The whole world was united, and the supreme head, being a trained king like Yudhiṣṭhira, kept all the inhabitants free from anxiety, diseases and excessive heat and cold. They were not only economically well-to-do, but also they were physically fit and undisturbed by supernatural power, by enmity of other living beings and by disturbance of bodily and mental agonies. There is a proverb in Bengali that a bad king spoils the kingdom and a bad housewife spoils the family. This truth is applicable here also. Because the King was pious, obedient to the Lord and sages, because he