1474 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 4, Ch. 29
to the great King Pracinabarhi, Narada Muni departed and also invited him
to Siddhaloka.
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pracinabarhi rajarsih
praja-sargabhiraksane
ddisya putran agamat
tapase kapilasramam
pracinabarhih— King Pracinabarhi;raja-rsih—the saintly king ; praja-sarga—
the mass of citizens; abhiraksane—to protect; ddisya—after ordering;
putran—his sons; agamat—departed; tapase—for undergoing austerities;
kapila-dsramam-—to the holy place known as Kapilagrama.
TRANSLATION
In the presence of his ministers, the saintly King Pracinabarhi left orders
for his sons to protect the citizens. He then left home and went off to
undergo austerities in a holy place known as Kapilasrama.
PURPORT
The word praja-sarga is very important in this verse. When the saintly
King Pracinabarhi was induced by the great sage Narada to leave home and
take to the devotional service of the Lord, his sons had not yet returned
from their austerities in the water. However, he did not wait for their
return but simply left messages to the effect that his sons were to protect
the mass of citizens. According to Viraraghava Acarya, such protection
means organizing the citizens into the specific divisions of the four varnas
and four asramas. It was the responsibility of the royal order to see that the
citizens were following the regulative principles of the four varnas (namely
the brahmanas, ksatriyas, vaigyas and Sidras) and the asramas (brahmacarya,
grhastha, vdnaprastha and sannyasa). It is very difficult to rule citizens in
a kingdom without organizing this varndsrama-dharma. To rule the mass
of citizens in a state and keep them in a complete progressive order is not
possible simply by passing laws every year in a legislative assembly. The
varndsrama-dharma is essential in a good government. One class of men
(the brahmanas) must be intelligent and brahminically qualified, another
