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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 9, Ch. 24]
TEXT 59
अक्षौहिणीनां पतिभिरसुरैर्नृपताञ्छनैः । 
    भुव आक्रम्यमाणाया अभाराय कृतोद्यमः ॥५९॥
akṣauhiṇīnām patibhir 
    asurair nṛpa-lāñchanaiḥ 
    bhuva ākramyamāṇāyā 
    abhārāya kṛtodyamaḥ
akṣauhiṇīnām —of kings possessing great military power;  patibhiḥ —by such kings or government;  asuraiḥ —actually demons (because they do not need such military power but create it unnecessarily);  nṛpa-lāñchanaiḥ —who are actually unfit to be kings (although they have somehow taken possession of the government);  bhuvaḥ —on the surface of the earth;  ākramyamāṇāyāḥ —aiming at attacking one another;  abhārāya —paving the way for diminishing the number of demons on the surface of the earth;  kṛta-udyamaḥ —enthusiastic (they spend all the revenue of the state to increase military power).
TRANSLATION
Although the demons who take possession of the government are dressed like men of government, they do not know the duty of the government. Consequently, by the arrangement of God, such demons, who possess great military strength, fight with one another, and thus the great burden of demons on the surface of the earth is reduced. The demons increase their military power by the will of the Supreme, so that their numbers will be diminished and the devotees will have a chance to advance in Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
PURPORT
As stated in  Bhagavad-gītā  (4.8),  paritrāṇāya sādhūnām vināśāya ca duṣkṛtām . The  sādhus , the devotees of the Lord, are always eager to advance the cause of Kṛṣṇa consciousness so that the conditioned souls may be released from the bondage of birth and death. But the  asuras , the