520 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 1, Ch. 10
was no one’s enemy and because he was a recognized agent of the Lord
and therefore protected by Him, all the citizens under the King’s protec-
tion, were, so to speak, directly protected by the Lord and His authorized
agents. Unless one is pious and recognized by the Lord, he cannot make
others happy who are under his care. There is full cooperation between
man and God and man and nature, and this conscious cooperation be-
tween man and God and man and nature, as exemplified by King
Yudhisthira, can bring about happiness, peace and prosperity in the world.
The attitude of exploiting one another, the custom of the day, will only
bring misery.
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usitva hastinapure
masan katipayan harih
suhrdam ca visokaya
svasus ca priya-kamyaya
usitva—staying; hastinapure—in the city of Hastinapura; masan—months;
katipayan—a few; harih—Lord Sri Krsna; suhrdam—relatives; ca—also;
visokaya—for pacifying them; svasuh—the sister; ca—and; priya-kamyaya—
for pleasing.
TRANSLATION
Sri Hari or Lord Sri Krsna resided at Hastinapura for a few months to
pacify His relatives and please His own sister [Subhadra].
PURPORT
Krsna was to start for Dvaraka, His own kingdom, after the Battle of
Kuruksetra and Yudhisthira’s being enthroned, but to oblige the request
of Maharaja Yudhisthira and to show special mercy to Bhismadeva, Lord
Krsna stopped at Hastinapura, the capital of the Pandavas. The Lord
decided to stay especially to pacify the aggrieved King as well as to please
Subhadra, sister of Lord Sri Krsna. Subhadra was especially pacified
because she lost her only son Abhimanyu, who was just married. The
boy left his wife, Uttara, mother of Maharaja Pariksit. The Lord is
