Text 50] Conversation Between Manu and Kardama 851

grhitarhanam asinam
samyatam prinayan munih
smaran bhagavad-adesam
ity aha slaksnayd gira

grhita—received; arhanam—honor; dsinam—seated ; sanuyatam—remained
silent; prinayan—delighting; munih—the sage; smaran—remembering;
bhagavat—of the Lord; adesam—the order; iti—thus; dha—spoke; slaksnaya—
sweet; gira—with a voice.

TRANSLATION

After receiving the sage’s attention, the King sat down and was silent.
Recalling the instructions of the Lord, Kardama then spoke to the King as
follows, delighting him with his sweet accents.

TEXT 50

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niinam cankramanam deva
salam samraksanaya te

vadhdaya casatam yas tvam
hareh saktir hi palint

niinam--surely ; car.kramanam—the tour; deva—O lord; satdam—of the vir-
tuous; sariraksanadya—for the protection; te—your; vadhdya—for killing;
ca—and; asatam—of the demons; yah—the person who; tuam—you; hareh—
of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; saktih—the energy; hi—since;
palini—protecting.

TRANSLATION

The tour you have undertaken, O lord, is surely intended to protect the
virtuous and kill the demons, since you emboity the protecting energy of
Sri Hari.

PURPORT

lt appears from many Vedic literatures, especially histories like
Srimad- -Bhagavatam and the Puranas, that the pious kings of old used to
tour their kingdoms in order to give protection to the pious citizens and
to chastise or kill the impious. Sometimes they used to kill animals in the
