968 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 1, Ch. 18
perfect social order, and we can see that in the beginning it was started by
the inexperienced son of a brahmana. As the dog is never allowed to enter
within the room and hearth, although it is reared by the master, similarly,
according to Srngi, the King had no right to enter the house of Kausika Rsi.
According to the boy’s opinion, the King was on the wrong side and not
his father, and thus he justified his silent father.
TEXT 35
Sa Ta anala mesa |
e tant
aemarra MM TTT A TST NRI
krsne gate bhagavati
Sastary utpatha-gaminam
tad bhinna-setiin adyaham
Sasmi pasyata me balam

krsne—Lord Krsna; gate—having departed from this world; bhagavati—
the Personality of Godhead; sastari—the supreme ruler; utpatha-gaminam—
of those who are upstarts; tat bhinna—being separated; setin—the pro-
tector; adya—today; aham—myself; sésmi—shall punish; pasyata—just see;
me—my; balam—prowess.

TRANSLATION
After the departure of Lord Sri Krsna the Personality of Godhead
and supreme ruler of everyone, these upstarts have flourished, our protec-
tor being gone. Therefore I myself shall take up this matter and punish
them. Just witness my power.
PURPORT

The inexperienced brahmana, puffed up by a little brahma-teja, became
influenced by the spell of Kali-yuga. Maharaja Pariksit gave license to Kali
to live in four places as mentioned herein before, but by his very expert
government the personality of Kali could hardly find the places allotted
him. The personality of Kali-yuga was, therefore, seeking the opportunity
to establish authority, and by the grace of the Lord he found a hole in the
puffed up inexperienced son of a brahmana. The little brahmana wanted
to show his prowess in destruction, and he had the audacity to punish a
great king like Maharaja Pariksit. He wanted to take the place of Lord
