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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 1, Ch. 15]
lesson from him and leave home for spiritual realization before forcefully dragged away to meet death.
TEXT 38
स्वराट् पौत्रं विनयिनमात्मनः सुसमं गुणैः । तोयनीव्याः पतिं भूमेरम्यषिञ्चद्गजाह्वये ॥३८॥
svarāt pautram vinayinam ātmanaḥ susamam guṇaiḥ toyanīvyāḥ patim bhūmer abhyaṣiñcad gajāhvaye
svarāṭ —the emperor;  pautram —unto the grandson;  vinayinam —properly trained;  ātmanaḥ —his own self;  susamam —equal in all respects;  guṇaiḥ —by the qualities;  toyanīvyāḥ —outskirted by the seas;  patim —master;  bhūmeḥ —of the land;  abhyaṣiñcat —enthroned;  gajāhvaye —in the capital of Hastināpura.
TRANSLATION
Thereafter, in the capital of Hastināpura, he enthroned his grandson, who was trained and equally qualified, as the emperor and master of all land bordered by the seas.
PURPORT
The total land on the earth bordered by the seas was under the subjugation of the King of Hastināpura. Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira trained his grandson Mahārāja Parīkṣit, who was equally qualified, in state administration in terms of the king's obligation to the citizens. Thus Parīkṣit was enthroned on the seat of Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira prior to his departure back to Godhead. Concerning Mahārāja Parīkṣit, the specific word used,  vina-yinam , is significant. Why was the King of Hastināpura, at least till the time of Mahārāja Parīkṣit, accepted as the Emperor of the world? The only reason is that the people of the world were happy because of the good administration of the Emperor. The happiness of the citizens was due to the ample production of natural produce such as grains, fruits, milk, herbs, valuable stones, minerals and everything that the people needed. They