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Punishment and Reward of Kali
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was thus put to test for his greatness. Now let us see how he solves it by his sagacious mind.
TEXT 21
सूत उवाच
एवं धर्मे प्रवदति स सम्राष्ट् द्विजसत्तमाः । समाहितेन मनसा विखेदः पर्यचष्ट तम् ॥२१॥
sūta uvāca
evam dharme pravadati
sa samrāḍ dvija-sattamāḥ
samāhitena manasā
vikhedaḥ paryacaṣṭa tam
sūtaḥ uvāca —Sūta Gosvāmī said;  evam —so;  dharme —the personality of religion;  pravadati —thus having spoken;  saḥ —he;  samrāṭ —the Emperor;  dvija-sattamāḥ —O best among the  brāhmaṇas ;  samāhitena —with proper attention;  manasā —by the mind;  vikhedaḥ —without any mistake;  paryacaṣṭa —counterreplied;  tam —unto him.
TRANSLATION
Sūta Gosvāmī said: O best amongst the  brāhmaṇas , the Emperor Parīkṣit, thus hearing the personality of religion speak, was fully satisfied, and without mistake or regret he gave his reply.
PURPORT
The statement of the bull, the personality of religion, was full of philosophy and knowledge, and the King was satisfied, since he could understand that the suffering bull was not an ordinary one. Unless one is perfectly conversant with the law of the Supreme Lord, one cannot speak such things touching philosophical truths. The Emperor, being also on an equal level of sagacity, replied to the point, without doubts or mistakes.
TEXT 22
राजोवाच
धर्मं त्रवीषि धर्मं धर्मोऽसि श्वस्पधृक् । यदधर्मकृतः स्थानं क्षचकस्थापि तद्भवेत् ॥२२॥