162 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 9, Ch. 13

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ardjaka-bhayam nfnam
manyamané maharsayah

deharn mamanthuh sma nimeh
kum4@rah samajayata

arajaka-bhayam—due to fear of the danger of an unregulated
government; n?ndm—for the people in general; manyamaénah—con-
sidering this situation; mahd-rsayah—the great sages; deham—the
body; mamanthuh—churned; sma—in the past; nimeh—of Maharaja
Nimi; kumarah—one son; samajaéyata—was thus born.

TRANSLATION

Thereafter, to save the people from the danger of an unregu-
lated government, the sages churned Maharaja Nimi’s material
body, from which, as a result, a son was born.

PURPORT

Arajaka-bhayam. If the government is unsteady and unregulated,
there is danger of fear for the people. At the present moment this danger
always exists because of government by the people. Here we can see that
the great sages got a son from Nimi’s material body to guide the citizens
properly, for such guidance is the duty of a ksatriya king. A ksatriya is
one who saves the citizens from being injured. In the so-called people’s
government there is no trained ksatriya king; as soon as someone strong
accumulates votes, he becomes the minister or president, without train-
ing from the learned braéhmanas expert in the sdstras. Indeed, we see
that in some countries the government changes from party to party, and
therefore the men in charge of the government are more eager to protect
their position than to see that the citizens are happy. The Vedic civi-
lization prefers monarchy. People liked the government of Lord
Ramacandra, the government of Maharaja Yudhisthira and the govern-
ments of Maharaja Pariksit, Maharaja Ambarisa and Maharaja Prahlada.
