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The Story of King Vena
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duty of the  kṣatriyas  to engage the  brāhmaṇas  in different types of religious activities, and the king is supposed to be the maintainer of the  brāhmaṇas . If the  brāhmaṇas  do not worship the king and go to the demigods, they are as polluted as unchaste women.
TEXT 24
अवजानन्त्यमी मूढा नृपरूपिणमीश्वरम् । नानुविन्दन्ति ते भद्रमिह लोके परत्र च ॥२४॥
avajānanty amī mūḍhā nṛpa-rūpiṇam īśvaram nānuvindanti te bhadram iha loke paratra ca
avajānanti—disrespect; amī—those (who); mūḍhāḥ—being ignorant; nṛpa-rūpiṇam—in the form of the king; īśvaram—the Personality of Godhead; na—not; anuvindanti—experience; te—they; bhadram—happiness; iha—in this; loke—world; paratra—after death; ca—also.
TRANSLATION
Those who, out of gross ignorance, do not worship the king, who is actually the Supreme Personality of Godhead, experience happiness neither in this world nor in the world after death.
TEXT 25
को यज्ञपुरुषो नाम यत्र वो भक्तिरीदृशी । मर्त्स्येहविद्राणां यथा जारे कुयोषिताम् ॥२५॥
ko yajña-puruṣo nāma yatra vo bhaktir īdṛśī bhartṛ-sneha-vidūrāṇāṁ yathā jāre kuyoṣitām
kaḥ—who (is); yajña-puruṣaḥ—the enjoyer of all sacrifices; nāma—by name; yatra—unto whom; vaḥ—your; bhaktiḥ—devotional service; īdṛśī—so great; bhartṛ—for the husband; sneha—affection; vidūrāṇām—bereft of; yathā—like; jāre—unto the paramour; ku-yoṣitām—of unchaste women.