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Birth of Emperor Parīkṣit
611
sūta uvāca  
 apīpalad dharma-rājaḥ  
 pitrvad rañjayan prajāḥ  
 niḥspṛhaḥ sarva-kāmebhyaḥ  
 kṛṣṇa-pādānusevayā
śrī sūtaḥ uvāca —Śrī Sūta Gosvāmī said;  apīpalat —administered prosperity;  dharma-rājaḥ —King Yudhiṣṭhira;  pitrvat —exactly like his father;  rañjayan —pleasing;  prajāḥ —all those who took birth;  niḥspṛhaḥ —without personal ambition;  sarva —all;  kāmebhyaḥ —from sense gratification;  kṛṣṇa-pāda —the lotus feet of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa;  anusevayā —by dint of rendering continuous service.
TRANSLATION
Śrī Sūta Gosvāmī said: Emperor Yudhiṣṭhira administered generously to everyone during his reign. He was exactly like his father. He had no personal ambition and was freed from all sorts of sense gratification because of his continuous service unto the lotus feet of the Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa.
PURPORT
As mentioned in our introduction, “There is a need for the science of Kṛṣṇa in human society for all the suffering humanity of the world, and we simply request the leading personalities of all nations to take to the science of Kṛṣṇa for their own good, for the good of society, and for the good of all the people of the world.” So it is confirmed herein by the example of Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira, the personality of goodness. In India the people hanker after  Rāma-rājya  because the Personality of Godhead was the ideal king and all other kings or emperors in India controlled the destiny of the world for the prosperity of every living being who took birth on the earth. Herein the word  prajāḥ  is significant. The etymological import of the word is “that which is born.” On the earth there are many species of life, from the aquatics up to the perfect human beings, and all are known as  prajās . Lord Brahmā, the creator of this particular universe, is known as the  prajāpati  because he is the grandfather of all who have taken birth. Thus  prajā  is used in a broader sense than it is now used. The king represents all living beings, the aquatics, plants, trees, the reptiles, the birds, the animals and man. Every one of them is a part and parcel of the Supreme Lord (Bg. 14.4), and the king, being the representative of the Supreme Lord, is duty-bound to give proper protection to every one of