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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 1, Ch. 18]
does not become a victim of a sinful act until the act is actually performed. In other ages, simply by thinking of performing a sinful act, one used to become a victim of the act. On the contrary, a living being, in this age, is awarded with the results of pious acts simply by thinking of them. Mahārāja Parīkṣit, being the most learned and experienced king by the grace of the Lord, was not unnecessarily envious of the personality of Kali because he did not intend to give him any chance to perform any sinful act. He protected his subjects from falling prey to the sinful acts of the age of Kali, and at the same time he gave full facility to the age of Kali by alloting him some particular places. At the end of the  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  it is said that even though all nefarious activities of the personality of Kali are present, there is a great advantage in the age of Kali. One can attain salvation simply by chanting the holy name of the Lord. Thus Mahārāja Parīkṣit made an organized effort to propagate chanting of the Lord's holy name, and thus he saved the citizens from the clutches of Kali. It is for this advantage only that great sages sometimes wish all good for the age of Kali. In the  Vedas  also it is said that by discourse on Lord Kṛṣṇa's activities, one can get rid of all the disadvantages of the age of Kali. In the beginning of the  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  it is also said that by the recitation of  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam , the Supreme Lord becomes at once arrested within one's heart. These are some of the great advantages of the age of Kali, and Mahārāja Parīkṣit took all the advantages and did not think any ill of the age of the Kali, true to his Vaiṣṇavite cult.
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किं नु बालेषु शूरेण कलिना धीरमीरुणा ।
अप्रमत्तः प्रमत्तेषु यो वृको नृषु वर्तते ॥ ८ ॥
kim nu bāleṣu śūreṇa kalinā dhīra-bhīruṇā apramattaḥ pramatteṣu yo vṛko nṛṣu vartate
kim —what;  nu —may be;  bāleṣu —among the less intelligent persons;  śūreṇa —by the powerful;  kalinā —by the personality of Kali;  dhīra —self-controlled;  bhīruṇā —by one who is afraid of;  apramattaḥ —one who is careful;  pramatteṣu —among the careless;  yaḥ —one who;  vṛkaḥ —tiger;  nṛṣu —among men;  vartate —exists.