CHAPTER FOURTEEN
The Story of King Vena
TEXT I
मैत्रेय उवाच
भृग्वादयस्ते मुनयो लोकानां क्षेमदर्शिनः ।
गोप्तर्यसति वै नृणां पश्यन्तः पशुसाम्यताम् ॥ १ ॥
maitreya uvāca
bhṛgv-ādayas te munayo
lokānām kṣema-darśinaḥ
goptary asati vai nṛṇām
paśyantaḥ paśu-sāmyatām
maitreyaḥ uvāca —the great sage Maitreya continued;  bhṛgu-ādayaḥ —headed by Bhṛgu;  te —all of them;  munayaḥ —the great sages;  lokānām —of the people;  kṣema-darśinaḥ —who always aspire for the welfare;  goptari —the King;  asati —being absent;  vai —certainly;  nṛṇām —of all the citizens;  paśyantaḥ —having understood;  paśu-sāmyatām —existence on the level of the animals.
TRANSLATION
The great sage Maitreya continued: O great hero Vidura, the great sages, headed by Bhṛgu, were always thinking of the welfare of the people in general. When they saw that in the absence of King Anga there was no one to protect the interests of the people, they understood that without a ruler the people would become independent and nonregulated.
PURPORT
In this verse the significant word is  kṣema-darśinaḥ , which refers to those who are always looking after the welfare of the people in general. However, all the great sages headed by Bhṛgu were always thinking of how to elevate all the people of the universe to the spiritual platform. Indeed,
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