Texts 43-44] Punishment and Reward of Kali 925

necessities. Spending fifty percent for the service of the Lord or for
propagation of spiritual knowledge in society by way of the sankirtana-
yajiia is the maximum display of human mercy. People of the world are
generally in darkness regarding spiritual knowledge, especially in regard to
devotional service of the Lord, and therefore to propagate the systematic
transcendental knowledge of devotional service is the greatest mercy that
one can show in this world. When everyone is taught to sacrifice fifty
percent of his accumulated gold for the Lord’s service, certainly austerity,
cleanliness and mercy automatically ensue, and thus the lost three legs of
the personality of religion are automatically established. When there is
sufficient austerity, cleanliness, mercy and truthfulness, naturally mother
earth is completely satisfied, and there is very little chance for Kali to
infiltrate the structure of human society.

TEXTS 43-44

TTY Cade sted TAT
framed Tad rea i931!
MASTN ATM: BIA Say |
TsTed AMMA = aETaT: UNVVII

sa esa etarhy adhyasta
asanam parthivocitam

pitamahenopanyastam
rajiaranyam viviksata

aste ‘dhuna sa rajarsih
kauravendra-sriy ollasan

gajahvaye maha-bhagas
cakravarti brhac-chravah

sah—he; esah—this; etarhi—at the present; adhyaste—is ruling over;
asanam—the throne; parthiva-ucitam—just befitting a king; pitamahena—
by the grandfather; upanyastam—being handed over; rajna—by the king;
aranyam—forest; viviksata—desiring; aste—is there; adhuna—at present;
sah—that; rajarsii—the sage amongst the kings; kauwravendra—the chief
amongst the Kuru kings; sriya—glories; ullasan—spreading; gajahvaye—in
Hastinapura; maha-bhagah—the most fortunate; cakravarti—the Emperor;
brhat-sravah—highly famous.
