Text 25] Departure of Lord Krsna for Dvaraka 539
wa AT aaa eat Fa
wary SAT TATA aA Ru
yada hy adharmena tamo-dhiyo nrpa
Jivanti tatraisa hi sattvatah kila
dhatte bhagam satyam rtam dayam yaso
bhavaya rupdani dadhad yuge yuge
yada—whenever: hi—assuredly: adharmena—against the principles of
God’s will; tamah-dhiyah—persons in the lowest material modes; nrpah—
kings and administrators; jivanti—live like animals: tatra—thereupon: esah—
He: hi—only: sattvatah—transcendental; kila—certainly; dhatte—is mani-
fested; bhagam—supreme power; satyam—truth: rtam—positiveness: dayam
—merey; yasah—wonderful activities; bhavaya—for the maintenance;
rupani—in various forms: dadhat--manifested: yuge—different periods;
yuge—and ages.
TRANSLATION
Whenever there are kings and administrators living like animals in the
lowest modes of existence, the Lord in His transcendental form manifests
His supreme power, the Truth Positive, shows special mercy to the faith-
ful, performs wonderful activities and manifests various transcendental
forms as is necessary in different periods and ages.
PURPORT
As mentioned above. the cosmic creation is the property of the Supreme
Lord. This is the basic philosophy of [sopanisad: everything is the property
of the Supreme Being. No one should encroach upon the property of the
Supreme Lord. One should only accept what is kindly awarded by Him.
Therefore, the earth or any other planet or universe is the absolute property
of the Lord. The living beings are certainly His parts and parcels or sons,
and thus every one of them has a right to live at the mercy of the Lord to
execute his prescribed work. No one, therefore, can encroach upon the
right of another individual man or animal without being so sanctioned by
the Lord. The king or the administrator is the representative of the Lord to
look after the management of the Lord’s will. He must therefore be a
recognized person like Maharaja Yudhisthira or Pariksit. Such kings have
full responsibility and knowledge from authorities about the administration
of the world. But at times, due to the influence of the ignorance mode of
