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Mahārāja Pṛthu's Going Back Home
1021
PURPORT
Since a  kṣatriya  king naturally desires to rule the world, he wishes to make all other kings subordinate to him. This was also the position many years ago when Pṛthu Mahārāja was ruling over the earth. At that time he was the only emperor on this planet. Even five thousand years ago, Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira and Mahārāja Parīkṣit were the sole emperors of this planet. Sometimes the subordinate kings rebelled, and it was necessary for the emperor to go and chastise them. This process of chanting the narrations of the life and character of Pṛthu Mahārāja is recommended for conquering kings if they want to fulfill their desire to rule the world.
TEXT 37
मुक्तान्यसङ्गो भगवत्यमलां भक्तिमुद्धहन् ।  
 वैन्यस्य चरितं पुष्यं शृणुयाञ्छ्रावयेत्पठेत् ॥३७॥
muktānya-saṅgo bhagavaty 
    amalām bhaktim udvahan 
    vainyasya caritam puṇyam 
    śṛṇuyāc chrāvayet paṭhet
mukta-anya-saṅgaḥ—being freed from all material contamination; 
    bhagavati—unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead; amalām—unalloyed; 
    bhaktim—devotional service; udvahan—carrying out; vainyasya—of the son 
    of Mahārāja Vena; caritam—character; puṇyam—pious; śṛṇuyāt—must hear; 
    śrāvayet—must induce others to hear; paṭhet—and go on reading.
TRANSLATION
A pure devotee who is executing the different processes of devotional service may be situated in the transcendental position, being completely absorbed in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, but even he, while discharging devotional service, must hear, read and induce others to hear about the character and life of Pṛthu Mahārāja.
PURPORT
There is a type of neophyte devotee who is very anxious to hear about the pastimes of the Lord, especially the  rāsa-līlā  chapters in  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam . Such a devotee should know by this instruction that the pastimes of Pṛthu Mahārāja are nondifferent from the pastimes of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. An ideal king, Pṛthu Mahārāja exhibited