656 Stimad-Bhagavatam | Canto 4, Ch. 16

dehinadm—to all living entities having a body; dtma-vat—as himself;
presthah—considering as dear; suhrdam—of his friends; nandi-vardhanah—
increasing pleasures; mukta-sanga—with persons devoid of all material con-
tamination; prasangah—intimately associated; ayam—this King; danda-
panih—a chastising hand; asadhusu—to the criminals.

TRANSLATION

The King will consider all embodied living entities as dear as his own self,
and he will always be increasing the pleasures of his friends. He will inti-
mately associate with liberated persons, and he will be a chastising hand to
all impious persons.

PURPORT

The word dehinam refers to those who are embodied. The living entities
are embodied in different forms, which number 8,400,000 species. All of
these were treated by the King in the same way he would treat himself. In
this age, however, so-called kings and presidents do not treat all other living
entities as their own self. Most of them are meat-eaters, and even though
they may not be meat-eaters and may pose themselves to be very religious
and pious, they still allow cow slaughter within their state. Such sinful
heads of state cannot actually be popular at any time. Another significant
word in this verse is mukta-sanga-prasangah , which indicates that the King
was always associating with liberated persons.

TEXT 19

wa gt TAR TATA:
FEA AA BoM: |
afeafantad = rere

Tater aaRTAeY wet eal

ayam tu saksad bhagavams try-adhisah
kiitastha adtma kalayavatirnah

yasminn avidya-racitam nirarthakam
pasyanti ndnatvam api pratitam

ayam—this King; tu—then; saksat—directly ; bhagavan—the Supreme Per-
sonality of Godhead; tri-adhigah—the master of the three planetary systems;
kiifasthah—without any change; atma—the Supersoul; kalaya—by a partial
