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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 4, Ch. 21]
are glorified by your own prowess, and thus you are maintaining the entire world by introducing brahminical culture and protecting everyone in your line of duty as a kṣatriya.
PURPORT
Without the spread of brahminical culture and without proper protection from the government no social standard can be maintained properly. This is admitted in this verse by the citizens of Mahārāja Pṛthu, who could maintain the wonderful situation of his government due to his position in pure goodness. The word  vivṛddha-sattvāya  is significant. In the material world there are three qualities—namely, goodness, passion and ignorance. One has to be raised from the platform of ignorance to the platform of goodness by devotional service. There is no other means for elevating one from the lowest stage of life to the highest stage but the execution of devotional service; as advised in the previous chapters of  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam , one can raise himself from the lowest position to the highest simply by associating with devotees and hearing  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  regularly from their mouths.
śṛṇvatām sva-kathāḥ kṛṣṇaḥ puṇya-śravaṇa-kīrtanaḥ hṛdy antaḥ-stho hy abhadrāṇi vidhunoti su-hṛt satām
( Bhāg.  1.2.17)
“When one engages in devotional service in the first stages of hearing and chanting, the Lord who is in everyone’s heart helps the devotee in cleansing his heart.” In the gradual cleansing process one is relieved of the influence of passion and ignorance and is situated on the platform of goodness. The result of association with the qualities of passion and ignorance is that one becomes lusty and greedy. But when one is elevated to the platform of goodness, he is satisfied in any condition of life and is without lust and greed. This mentality indicates one’s situation on the platform of goodness. One has to transcend this goodness and raise himself to the pure goodness which is called  vivṛddha-sattva  or the advanced stage of goodness. In the advanced stage of goodness one can become  Kṛṣṇa  conscious. Therefore Mahārāja Pṛthu is addressed here as  vivṛddha-sattva , or one who is situated in the transcendental position. But Mahārāja Pṛthu, although situated in the transcendental position of a pure devotee, comes down to the position of  brāhmaṇa  and  kṣatriya  for the benefit of human society and thus gives protection to the entire world by his personal prowess. Although he was a king, a  kṣatriya ,