96 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 9, Ch. 10

Simply enforcing laws and ordinances cannot make the citizens obe-
dient and lawful. That is impossible. Throughout the entire world there
are so many states, legislative assemblies and parliaments, but still the
citizens are rogues and thieves. Good citizenship, therefore, cannot be
enforced; the citizens must be trained. As there are schools and colleges
to train students to become chemical engineers, lawyers or specialists in
many other departments of knowledge, there must be schools and col-
leges to train students to become braéhmanas, ksatriyas, vaisyas, Sidras,
brahmacaris, grhasthas, vanaprasthas and sannyasis. This will provide
the preliminary condition for good citizenship (varndsrama-gunan-
oie, Generally speaking, if the king or president is a rdjarsi, the rela-
tionship between the citizens and the chief executive will be clear, and
there will be no possibility of disruption in the state, because the number
of thieves and rogues will decrease. In Kali-yuga, however, because the
varndsrama system is neglected, people are generally thieves and rogues.
In the system of democracy, such thieves and rogues naturally collect
money from other thieves and rogues, and thus there is chaos in every
government, and no one is happy. But here the example of good govern-
ment is to be found in the reign of Lord Ramacandra. If people follow
this example, there will be good government all over the world.

TEXT 51
Tat TAA Bs: FATASAT |
TH wet Tat aayTaTAT 421
tretayam vartamanayam
kalah krta-samo ’bhavat
rame rdjani dharma-jnie
sarva-bhiita-sukhavahe

tretayam—in the Treté-yuga; vartamdnayam—although situated in
that period; kalah—the period; krta—with Satya-yuga; sarnah—equal;
abhavat—it so became; rame—because of Lord Ramacandra’s being
present; rdjani—as the ruling king; dharma-jrie—because He was fully
religious; sarva-bhiita—of all living entities; sukha-dvahe—giving full
happiness.
