Text 4] Birth of Emperor Pariksit 611

suta uvaca
apipalad dharma-rajah
pitrvad ranjayan prajah
nihsprhah sarva-kamebhyah
krsna-padanusevaya

sri sutah uvaca—Sri Sita Gosvami said;apipalat— administered prosperi-
ty; dharma-rajah—King Yudhisthira; pitrvat—exactly like his father;
raiijayan—pleasing; prajah—all those who took birth; nihsprhah—without
personal ambition; sarva—all; kKamebhyah—from sense gratification; krsna-
pada—the lotus feet of Lord Sri Krsna; anusevaya—by dint of rendering
continuous service.

TRANSLATION

Sri Sata Gosvami-said: Emperor Yudhisthira administered generously
to everyone during his reign. He was exactly like his father. He had no
personal ambition and was freed from all sorts of sense gratification be-
cause of his continuous service unto the lotus feet of the Lord Sri Krsna.

PURPORT

As mentioned in our introduction, “There is a need for the science of
Krsna in human society for all the suffering humanity of the world, and
we simply request the leading personalities of all nations to take to the
science of Krsna for their own good, for the good of society, and for the
good of all the people of the world.” So it is confirmed herein by the
example of Maharaja Yudhisthira, the personality of goodness. In India
the people hanker after Rama-rajya because the Personality of Godhead
was the ideal king and all other kings or emperors in India controlled the
destiny of the world for the prosperity of every living being who took
birth on the earth. Herein the word prajah is significant. The etymological
import of the word is “that which is born.” On the earth there are many
species of life, from the aquatics up to the perfect human beings, and all
are known as prajas. Lord Brahma, the creator of this particular universe,
is known as the prajapati because he is the grandfather of all who have
taken birth. Thus praja is used in a broader sense than it is now used. The
king represents all living beings, the aquatics, plants, trees, the reptiles, the
birds, the animals and man. Every one of them isa part and parcel of the
Supreme Lord (Bg. 14.4), and the king, being the representative of the
Supreme Lord, is duty-bound to give proper protection to every one of
