Texts 43-44]
Punishment and Reward of Kali
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necessities. Spending fifty percent for the service of the Lord or for propagation of spiritual knowledge in society by way of the  saṅkārtana-yajña  is the maximum display of human mercy. People of the world are generally in darkness regarding spiritual knowledge, especially in regard to devotional service of the Lord, and therefore to propagate the systematic transcendental knowledge of devotional service is the greatest mercy that one can show in this world. When everyone is taught to sacrifice fifty percent of his accumulated gold for the Lord's service, certainly austerity, cleanliness and mercy automatically ensue, and thus the lost three legs of the personality of religion are automatically established. When there is sufficient austerity, cleanliness, mercy and truthfulness, naturally mother earth is completely satisfied, and there is very little chance for Kali to infiltrate the structure of human society.
TEXTS 43-44
स एष एतर्ह्यास्त आसनं पार्थिवोचितम् ।
पितामहेनोपन्यस्तं राज्ञारण्यं विविक्षता ॥४३॥
आस्तेऽधुना स राजर्षिः कौरवेन्द्रश्रियोल्लसन् ।
गजाह्वये महाभागश्चक्रवर्ती बृहच्छ्रवाः ॥४४॥
sa eṣa etarhy adhyāsta āsanam pārthivocitam pitāmahenopanyastam rājñāraṇyam vivikṣatā
āste 'dhunā sa rājarṣiḥ kauravendra-śriyollasan gajāhvaye mahā-bhāgaś cakravartī bṛhac-chravāḥ
saḥ—he; eṣaḥ—this; etarhi—at the present; adhyāste—is ruling over; āsanam—the throne; pārthiva-ucitam—just befitting a king; pitāmahena—by the grandfather; upanyastam—being handed over; rājñā—by the king; araṇyam—forest; vivikṣatā—desiring; āste—is there; adhunā—at present; saḥ—that; rājarṣiḥ—the sage amongst the kings; kauravendra—the chief amongst the Kuru kings; śriyā—glories; ullasan—spreading; gajāhvaye—in Hastināpura; mahā-bhāgaḥ—the most fortunate; cakravartī—the Emperor; bṛhat-śravāḥ—highly famous.