Text 14] The Lord’s Pastimes Out of Vrndavana 103
astadasaksauhini ko madarsair
aste balam durvisaham yadunam

kiyan—what is this; bhuvah—of the earth; ayam—this; ksapita—abated;
uru—very great; bharah—burden; yat—which; dropa—Drona; bhisma—
Bhisma; arjuna— Arjuna; bhima—Bhima; mulaih—-on the background;
astadasa—eighteen; aksauhini—phalanxes of military strength (vide Bhag.
1.16.34); kah—who; madamsaih—with My descendants; aste—are still
there; balam—great strength; durvisaham—unbearable; yadunam—of the
Yadu dynasty.

TRANSLATION

[After the end of the Battle of Kuruksetra, the Lord said:] The
abatement of the great burden of the earth has now been effected with the |
help of Drona, Bhisma, Arjuna and Bhima. But what is this? There is still
the great strength of the Yadu dynasty, born of Myself, which may be a
more unbearable burden.

PURPORT

It is a wrong theory that due to an increase in population the world
becomes overburdened and therefore there are wars and other annihilating
processes. The earth is never overburdened. The heaviest mountains and
oceans on the face of the earth hold more living entities than there are
human beings, and they are not overburdened. If a census were taken of
all the living beings on the surface of the earth, certainly it would be found
that the number of humans is not even five percent of the total number of
living beings. If the birth rate of human beings is increasing, then the birth
rate of other living beings is increasing proportionately. The birth rate of
lower animals—beasts, aquatics, birds, etc.—is far greater than that of
human beings. There is an adequate arrangement for food for all the living
beings all over the earth by the order of the Supreme Lord, and He can
arrange more and more if there is actually a disproportionate increase of
living beings.

Therefore, there is no question of an increase in population causing a
burden. The earth became overburdened due to dharma-glani, or irregular
discharge of the Lord’s desire. The Lord appeared on the earth to curb the
increase in miscreants, and not the increase in population, as is wrongly
put forward by the mundane economist. When Lord Krsna appeared,
there had been a sufficient increase in miscreants who had violated the
desire of the Lord. The material creation is meant for fulfilling the desire
of the Lord, and His desire is that the conditioned souls who are unfit to
enter into the kingdom of God have a chance to improve their conditions
for entering. The entire process of cosmic arrangement is intended just to
