Text 39] The Pandavas Retire Timely 819

were even free from all bodily miseries, anxieties of mind, and disturbances
caused by natural phenomena and other living beings. Because everyone
was happy in all respects, there was no resentment, although there were
sometimes battles between the state kings for political reasons and suprem-
acy. Everyone was trained to attain the highest goal of life, and therefore
the people were also enlightened enough not to quarrel over trivialities.
The influence of the age of Kali gradually infiltrated the good qualities
of both the kings and the citizens, and therefore a tense situation developed
between the ruler and the ruled, but still even in this age of disparity
between the ruler and the ruled, there can be spiritual emolument and God
consciousness. That is a special prerogative.

TEXT 39

waa wt ad awaagtd ad |
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mathurayam tathd vajrarn
Surasena-patim tatah

prajapatyam nirupyestim
agnin apibat isvarah

mathurayam—at Mathura; tatha—also; vajram—Vajra; siirasena-patim—
King of the Sirrasenas; tatah—thereafter; prajapatyam—Prajapatya sacrifice;
niripya—having performed; istim—goal; agnin—fire; apibat—placed in
himself; i$varah—capable.

TRANSLATION

Then he posted Vajra, the son of Aniruddha (grandson of Lord Krsna),
at Mathura as the King of Sirasena. Afterwards Maharaja Yudhisthira

performed a Prajapati sacrifice and placed in himself the fire for quitting
household life.

PURPORT
Maharaja Yudhisthira, after placing Maharaja Pariksit on the imperial

throne of Hastinapura, and after posting Vajra, the great-grandson of Lord
Krsna, as the King of Mathura, accepted the renounced order of life. The
