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How Parīkṣit Received the Age of Kali
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and guidance. The word  kṣatriya-bandhu  refers to the so-called administrators or persons promoted to the post of the administrator without proper training by culture and tradition. Nowadays they are promoted to such exalted posts by the votes of people who are themselves fallen in the rules and regulations of life. How can they select a proper man when they are themselves fallen in the standard of life? Therefore, by the influence of the age of Kali, everywhere, politically, socially or religiously, everything is topsy-turvy, and therefore for the same man it is all regrettable.
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यद्वाम्ब ते भूरिभरावतार- कृतावतारस्य हरेर्धरित्रि । अन्तर्हितस्य सरती विमुष्टा कर्माणि निर्वाणविलम्बितानि ॥२३॥
yad-vāmba te bhūri-bharāvatāra- kṛtāvatārasya harer dharitri antarhitasya smaratī viṣṛṣṭā karmāṇi nirvāṇa-vilambitāni
yat —that;  vā —may be;  amba —O mother;  te —your;  bhūri —heavy;  bhara —load;  avatāra —decreasing the load;  kṛta —done;  avatārasya —one who incarnated;  hareḥ —of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa;  dharitri —O earth;  antarhitasya —of Him who is now out of sight;  smaratī —while thinking of;  viṣṛṣṭā —all that were performed;  karmāṇi —activities;  nirvāṇa —salvation;  vilambitāni —that which entails.
TRANSLATION
O mother earth, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Hari, incarnated Himself as Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa just to unload your heavy burden. All His activities here are transcendental, and they cement the path of liberation. You are now bereft of His presence. You are probably now thinking of those activities and feeling sorry in their absence.
PURPORT
The activities of the Lord included liberation, but they are more relishable than the pleasure derived from  nirvāṇa  or liberation. According to