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the brahminical qualities. The bréhmanas Sanda and Amarka, being
seminal sons of Sukracarya, did not actually possess real brahminical
qualifications, for they engaged as servants of Hiranyakasipu. An actual
brahmana is very much satisfied to see anyone, not to speak of his disci-
ple, become a devotee of Lord Krsna. Such braéhmanas are meant to
satisfy the supreme master. A brahmana is strictly prohibited from be-
coming a servant of anyone else, for that is the business of dogs and
Siidras. A dog must satisfy his master, but a braéhmana does not have to
satisfy anyone; he is simply meant to satisfy Krsna (dnukiilyena
krsnanusilanam). That is the real qualification of a brahmana. Because
Sanda and Amarka were seminal braéhmanas and had become servants of
such a master as Hiranyakasipu, they unnecessarily wanted to chastise
Prahlada Maharaja.
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HATTA FAMAPRATAEAT: |
SHANA WaIaasenfea TA zal

aniyatam are vetram
asmékam ayasaskarah

kulanigarasya durbuddhes
caturtho ’syodito damah

Gniyatam—let it be brought; are—oh; vetram—the stick;
asmaékam—of us; ayasaskarah—who is bringing defamation; kula-
arigdrasya—of he who is like a cinder in the dynasty; durbuddheh—
having bad intelligence; caturthah—the fourth; asya—for him;
uditah—declared; damah—punishment (the stick, argumentum ad
baculum).

TRANSLATION

Oh, please bring me a stick! This Prahlada is damaging our
name and fame. Because of his bad intelligence, he has become
like a cinder in the dynasty of the demons. Now he needs to be
treated by the fourth of the four kinds of political diplomacy.

PURPORT

In political affairs, when a person disobediently agitates against the
government, four principles are used to suppress him—legal orders,
