Text 31] Punishment and Reward of Kali 911

patitam—fallen down; padayoh—at the feet; virah—the hero; krpaya—
out of compassion; dina-vatsalah—kind to the poor; saranyah—one who is
qualified to accept surrender; na—not; avadhit—did kill; slokyah—one who
is worthy of being sung; aha—said; ca—also; idam—this; hasan—smiling;
iva— like.

TRANSLATION

Maharaja Pariksit, who was qualified to accept surrender and worthy
of being sung in history, did not kill the poor surrendered and fallen Kali,
but smiled compassionately, for he was kind to the poor.

PURPORT

Even an ordinary ksatriya does not kill a surrendered person, and what
to speak of Maharaja Paniksit, who was by nature compassionate and kind
to the poor. He was smiling because the artificially dressed Kali disclosed
his identity as a lower class man, and he was thinking how ironic it was
that no one was saved from his sharp sword when he desired to kill, but the
poor lower class Kali was spared by his timely surrender. Maharaja Pariksit’s
glory and kindness is therefore sung in history. He was a kind and com-
passionate emperor, fully worthy of accepting surrender even from his
enemy. Thus the personality of Kali was saved by the will of Providence.

TEXT 31

utara
qa 4 german
qraes wate frag |
aq afte waa aia

Qt acy waaay: 11221

rajovaca
na te gudakesa-yaso-dharanam
baddhanjaler vai bhayam asti kiricit®
na vartitavyam bhavatd kathajicana
ksetre madiye tuam adharma-bandhuh
