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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 1, Ch. 18]
perfect social order, and we can see that in the beginning it was started by the inexperienced son of a  brāhmaṇa . As the dog is never allowed to enter within the room and hearth, although it is reared by the master, similarly, according to Śrṇgi, the King had no right to enter the house of Kauṣika Rṣi. According to the boy's opinion, the King was on the wrong side and not his father, and thus he justified his silent father.
TEXT 35
कृष्णे गते भगवति शास्तयुत्पथगामिनाम् । तद्भिन्नसेतूनद्याहं शासि पश्यत मे बलम् ॥३५॥
kṛṣṇe gate bhagavati śāstary utpatha-gāminām tad bhinna-setūn adyāham śāsmi paśyata me balam
kṛṣṇe —Lord Kṛṣṇa;  gate —having departed from this world;  bhagavati —the Personality of Godhead;  śāstari —the supreme ruler;  utpatha-gāminām —of those who are upstarts;  tat bhinna —being separated;  setūn —the protector;  adya —today;  aham —myself;  śāsmi —shall punish;  paśyata —just see;  me —my;  balam —prowess.
TRANSLATION
After the departure of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa the Personality of Godhead and supreme ruler of everyone, these upstarts have flourished, our protector being gone. Therefore I myself shall take up this matter and punish them. Just witness my power.
PURPORT
The inexperienced  brāhmaṇa , puffed up by a little  brahma-teja , became influenced by the spell of Kali-yuga. Mahārāja Parīkṣit gave license to Kali to live in four places as mentioned herein before, but by his very expert government the personality of Kali could hardly find the places allotted him. The personality of Kali-yuga was, therefore, seeking the opportunity to establish authority, and by the grace of the Lord he found a hole in the puffed up inexperienced son of a  brāhmaṇa . The little  brāhmaṇa  wanted to show his prowess in destruction, and he had the audacity to punish a great king like Mahārāja Parīkṣit. He wanted to take the place of Lord