Text 8] Rahigana Converses with Jada Bharata 409
mismanaged by so-called kings and heads of government. As Krsna says
in Bhagavad-gita, yada yada hi dharmasya glanir bhavati bharata. Of
course this takes many years, but the principle is there. When the king
or governmental head does not follow the proper principles, nature deals
out the punishments in the forms of war, famine and so forth. Therefore
if the governmental head is not aware of life’s goal, he should not take
charge of ruling the people. Actually the supreme proprietor of every-
thing is Lord Visnu. He is the maintainer of everyone. The king, the
father, and the guardian are simply representatives of Lord Visnu, em-
powered by Him to look after the management and maintain things. It is
therefore the duty of the head of the state to maintain the general
populace in such a way that people will ultimately know the goal of life.
Na te viduh svartha-gatim hi visnum. Unfortunately the foolish govern-
mental head and the general populace do not know that the ultimate goal
of life is to understand and approach Lord Visnu. Without this
knowledge, everyone is in ignorance, and all society is crowded with
cheaters and cheated.
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qq fama = WE
fram fagt saa a fray |
TAAMNSEAZ = AIAN
Pretat aqhrangaay ll ¢ i
yada ksitav eva cardcarasya
viddma nistham prabhavam ca nityam
tan namato ’nyad vyavahara-milam
niripyatam sat-kriyayanumeyam
yadé—therefore; ksitau—in the earth; eva—certainly: cara-

acarasya—of different bodies, some moving and some not moving:
vidama—we know: nistham—annihilation; prabhavam—appearance:
ca—and: nityam—regularly by the principles of nature: tat—that:
nématah—than simply by name: anyat—other: vyavahara-milam—
cause of material activities; niripyatam—let it be ascertained: sat-
kriyaya—by actual employment: anumeyam—to be inferred.
