Text 22] Punishment and Reward of Kali 901

was thus put to test for his greatness. Now let us see how he solves it by
his sagacious mind.

TEXT 21
ad sara

od wi waata a ame free |
aafeda aaa frag: Tae aH URI

suta uvaca
evam dharme pravadati
sa samrad dvija-sattamah
samahitena manasa
vikhedah paryacasta tam

sutah uvaca—Suta Gosvami said; evam—so; dharme—the personality of
religion; pravadati—thus having spoken; sah-he; samrat-the Emperor;
duija-sattamah—O best among the brahmanas; samahitena—with proper
attention; manasa—by the mind; vikhedah—without any mistake;
paryacasta—counterreplied; tam—unto him.

TRANSLATION

Sita Gosvami said: O best amongst the brahmanas, the Emperor
Pariksit, thus hearing the personality of religion speak, was fully satisfied,
and without mistake or regret he gave his reply.

PURPORT

The statement of the bull, the personality of religion, was full of
philosophy and knowledge, and the King was satisfied, since he could
understand that the suffering bull was not an ordinary one. Unless one is
perfectly conversant with the law of the Supreme Lord, one cannot speak
such things touching philosophical truths. The Emperor, being also on an
equal level of sagacity, replied to the point, without doubts or mistakes.

TEXT 22
umtara

at aa alg wash IVETE |
Tenge: a qaeenhy ERAT Mz
