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Dhruva Mahārāja Goes Back to Godhead
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there is no guarantee by the government of even the primary necessities of life in the state, namely, the protection of the lives and property of the citizens.
One word is very significant in this connection:  brahmaṇyam . Dhruva Mahārāja was very devoted to the  brāhmaṇas , who engage in the study of the  Vedas  and thereby know the Supreme Personality of Godhead. They are always busy propagating  Kṛṣṇa  consciousness. The state should be very respectful to societies that distribute God consciousness all over the world, but, unfortunately, at the present moment there is no state or government support given to such movements. As for good qualities, it is very difficult to find anyone in state administration with any good qualities. The administrators simply sit in their administrative posts and say “no” to every request, as if they were paid to say “no” to the citizens. Another word,  dīna-vatsalam , is very significant also. The state head should be very kind to the innocent. Unfortunately in this age the state agents and the presidents draw good salaries from the state, and they pose themselves as very pious, but they allow the running of slaughterhouses where innocent animals are killed. If we try to compare the godly qualities of Dhruva Mahārāja to the qualities of modern statesmen, we can see that there is no actual comparison. Dhruva Mahārāja was present in the Satya-yuga, as will be clear from the next verses. He was the ideal king in Satya-yuga. The government administration in the present age (Kali-yuga) is benefit of all godly qualities. Considering all these points, the people today have no alternative but to take to  Kṛṣṇa  consciousness for protection of religion, life and property.
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षट्त्रिंशद्वर्षसाहस्रं शशास क्षितिमण्डलम् । 
    मोगैः पुण्यक्षयं कुर्वन्नमोगैरशुमक्षयम् ॥१३॥
ṣaṭ-triṁśad-varṣa-sāhasraṁ  
 śaśāsa kṣiti-maṇḍalam  
 bhogaiḥ puṇya-kṣayaṁ kurvann  
 abhogair aśubha-kṣayam
ṣaṭ-triṁśat-thirty-six; varṣa-years; sāhasram-thousand; śaśāsa-ruled; kṣiti-maṇḍalam-the earth planet; bhogaiḥ-by enjoyment; puṇya-of reactions of pious activities; kṣayam-diminution; kurvan-doing; abhogaiḥ-by austerities; aśubha-of inauspicious reactions; kṣayam-diminution.