CHAPTER FOURTEEN

The Story of King vena

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TART FAN Sarat Gaaha: |
aretatad gui Teed: TIATETANT Mf I

mattreya uvaca
bhrgv-adayas te munayo
lokdnam ksema-darsinah
goptary asati vat nrnam
pasyantah pasu-samyatam

maitreyah uvaca—the great sage Maitreya continued; bhrgu-adayah—
headed by Bhrgu; te—all of them; munayah—the great sages; lokanam—of
the people; ksema-darsinah—who always aspire for the welfare; goptari—
the King; asati—being absent; vai—certainly; nfnam—of all the citizens;
pasyantah—having understood; pasu-samyatam—existence on the level of
the animals.

TRANSLATION

The great sage Maitreya continued: O great hero Vidura, the great
sages, headed by Bhrgu, were always thinking of the welfare of the people
in general. When they saw that in the absence of King Anga there was no
one to protect the interests of the people, they understood that without a
ruler the people would become independent and nonregulated.

PURPORT

In this verse the significant word is ksema-darsinah, which refers to
those who are always looking after the welfare of the people in general.
However, all the great sages headed by Bhrgu were always thinking of how
to elevate all the people of the universe to the spiritual platform. Indeed,

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