Text 5]
Punishment and Reward of Kali
883
TRANSLATION
Mahārāja Parīkṣit, well equipped with arrows and bow and seated on a gold embossed chariot, spoke to him [the śūdra] with a deep voice sounding like thunder.
PURPORT
An administrative head or king like Mahārāja Parīkṣit, with full majestic authority, well equipped with weapons to chastise miscreants, can challenge the agents of the age of Kali. Then only will it be possible to counteract the degraded age. And in the absence of such strong executive heads, there is always disruption of tranquility. The elected show bottle executive head, as representative of a degraded public, cannot be equal with a strong king like Mahārāja Parīkṣit. The dress or style of royal order does not count. It is one's actions which are counted.
TEXT 5
कस्त्वं मञ्छरणे लोके बलाद्दंशवलान् बली । नरदेवोऽसि वेषेण नटवत्कर्मणाद्विजः ॥ ५ ॥
kas tvam mac-charaṇe loke balād-dhamsy-abalān balī naradevo 'si veṣeṇa naṭavat-karmaṇādvijaḥ
kaḥ—who are; tvam—you; mat—my; śaraṇe—under protection; loke—in this world; balāt—by force; hamsi—killing; abalān—those who are helpless; balī—although full of strength; nara-devaḥ—man-god; asi—appear to be; veṣeṇa—by your dress; naṭavat—like a theatrical player; karmaṇā—by deeds; advijaḥ—a man not twice-born by culture.
TRANSLATION
O who are you? You appear to be strong, and yet you dare kill, within my protection, those who are helpless? By your dress you pose yourself to be a godly man [king], but by your deeds you are opposing the principles of the twice-born kṣatriyas.