Text 33] Maharaja Pariksit Cursed by a Brahmana Boy 965
TEXT 32
ay gistaaael Ray aeaste:
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ward sated ad wen aaqratq 122
tasya putro’ti tejasvt
viharan balako’rbhakaih
rajnagham prapitam tatam
Srutvd tatredam abravit
tasya—his (the sage’s); putrah—son; ati—extremely; tejasvi— powerful;
viharan—while playing; balakah—with boys; arbhakaih—who were all
childish; rajiad—by the King; agham—distress; prapitam—made to have;
tatam—the father; srutva—by hearing; tatra—then and there; idam—all
these; abravit—spoke.
TRANSLATION
The sage had a son who was very powerful, being a brahmana’s son.
While he was playing with inexperienced boys, he heard of his father’s
distress, which was occasioned by the King. Then and there the boy
spoke as follows.
PURPORT
Due to Maharaja Pariksit’s good government, even a boy of tender age,
who was playing with other inexperienced boys, could become as power-
ful as a qualified brahmana. This boy was known as Srngi, and he achieved
good training in brahmacarya by his father so that he could be as powerful
as a brahmana, even at that age. But because the age of Kali was seeking an
opportunity to spoil the cultural heritage of the four orders of life, the
inexperienced boy gave a chance for the age of Kali to enter into the field
of Vedic culture. Hatred of the lower orders of life began from this
brahmana boy, under the influence of Kali, and thus cultural life began to
dwindle day after day. The first victim of brahminical injustice was Maha-
raja Pariksit, and thus the protection given by the King against the on-
slaught of Kali was slackened.
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