518 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 1, Ch. 10

rivers, oceans, hills, forests, etc., were all pleased, and they used to supply
their respective quota of taxation to the King. The secret to success ts to
take refuge under the protection of the Supreme Lord. Without His
sanction, nothing can be possible. To make economic development by our
own endeavors on the strength of tools and machinery is not all. The
sanction of the Supreme Lord must be there, otherwise despite all instru-
mental arrangements everything will be unsuccessful. The ultimate cause
of success is the daiva or the Supreme. Kings like Maharaja Yudhisthira
knew perfectly well that the king is the agent of the Supreme Lord to look
after the welfare of the mass of people. Actually the state belongs to the
Supreme Lord. The rivers, the oceans, the forests, the hills, drugs, etc., are
not creations of man. They are all creations of the Supreme Lord, and the
living being is allowed to make use of the property of the Lord for
service of the Lord. Today’s slogan is that everything is for the people, and
therefore the government is for the people and by the people. But to
produce a new species of humanity at the present moment on the basis of
philosophy and religion, on the basis of justice and peace, on the basis of
God consciousness and perfection of human life, the ideology of godly
communism, the world has again to follow in the footsteps of kings like
Maharaja Yudhisthira or Paniksit. There is enough of everything by the will
of the Lord, and we can make proper use of things to live comfortably
without any enmity between men, or animal and man or nature. Every-
where the control of the Lord is there, and if the Lord is pleased, every
part of nature will be pleased. The river will flow profusely to fertilize the
land, the oceans will supply sufficient quantity of minerals, pearls and
jewels, the forest will supply sufficient wood, drugs and vegetables, and
the seasonal changes will effectively help produce fruits and flowers in
profuse quantity. The artificial way of living depending on factories and
tools can render so-called happiness only to a limited number at the cost
of millions. Since the energy of the mass of people is engaged in factory
production, the naturai products are being hampered, and for this the
mass is unhappy. Without being educated properly, the mass of people are
following in the footsteps of the vested interest by exploiting natural
reserve, and therefore there is acute competition between individual and
individual and nation and nation. There is no control by the trained agent
of the Lord. We must look into the defects of modern civilization by
comparison here, and should follow in the footsteps of Maharaja
Yudhisthira to cleanse man and wipe out anachronisms.
