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Conversation Between Manu and Kardama
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gṛhītārhaṇam āsīnam  
 saṁyatam prīṇayan muniḥ  
 smaran bhagavad-ādeśam  
 ity āha ślakṣṇayā girā
gṛhīta —received;  arhaṇam —honor;  āsīnam —seated;  saṁyatam —remained silent;  prīṇayan —delighting;  muniḥ —the sage;  smaran —remembering;  bhagavat —of the Lord;  ādeśam —the order;  iti —thus;  āha —spoke;  ślakṣṇayā —sweet;  girā —with a voice.
TRANSLATION
After receiving the sage's attention, the King sat down and was silent. Recalling the instructions of the Lord, Kardama then spoke to the King as follows, delighting him with his sweet accents.
TEXT 50
नूनं चङ्क्रमणं देव सतां संरक्षणाय ते । 
    वधाय चासतां यस्त्वं हरेः शक्तिर्हि पालिनी ॥५०॥
nūnam caṅkramaṇam deva  
 satām saṁrakṣaṇāya te  
 vadhāya cāsatām yas tvam  
 hareḥ śaktir hi pālinī
nūnam —surely;  caṅkramaṇam —the tour;  deva —(O lord;  satām —of the virtuous;  saṁrakṣaṇāya —for the protection;  te —your;  vadhāya —for killing;  ca —and;  asatām —of the demons;  yaḥ —the person who;  tvam —you;  hareḥ —of the Supreme Personality of Godhead;  śaktiḥ —the energy;  hi —since;  pālinī —protecting.
TRANSLATION
The tour you have undertaken, O lord, is surely intended to protect the virtuous and kill the demons, since you embody the protecting energy of Śrī Hari.
PURPORT
It appears from many Vedic literatures, especially histories like  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  and the  Purāṇas , that the pious kings of old used to tour their kingdoms in order to give protection to the pious citizens and to chastise or kill the impious. Sometimes they used to kill animals in the