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Pradyumna: [leads chanting of verse, etc.] [Prabhupāda and devotees repeat]

[Prabhupāda interrupts to correct third line]

sūta uvāca yadā parīkṣit kuru-jāṅgale 'vasat kaliṁ praviṣṭaṁ nija-cakravartite niśamya vārtām anatipriyāṁ tataḥ śarāsanaṁ saṁyuga-śauṇḍir ādade

[SB 1.16.10]

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Translation = "Sūta Gosvāmī said = While Mahārāja Parīkṣit was residing in the capital of the Kuru empire, the symptoms …

Prabhupāda: So Mahārāja Parīkṣit, the ideal monarch. Yadā parīkṣit kuru-jāṅgale 'vasat. He was so powerful king that there was no …

Those who are sportsmen, they want to play. Naturally, one who is expert in some art... Just like there was …

Devotees: Bhaumāsura.

Prabhupāda: Bhaumāsura. So Bhaumāsura, by the grace of Lord Śiva, he got one thousand hands. And he wanted to fight, …

So Parīkṣit Mahārāja had no desire to fight, but he got the news that the Kali has entered. His grandfathers, …

That brahmacārī rules and regulation are there in the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, that he would go door to door for collecting alms …

That is the instruction by Cāṇakya Paṇḍita, a great politician moralist. He says that "Who is learned scholar?" He was …

So Mahārāja Parīkṣit, when he saw that the principles of Kali-yuga---meaning adulteration, prostitution, animal-killing, drinking, intoxication, gambling---these things are coming …

So Mahārāja Parīkṣit, when... That means five thousand years ago, all over the world these things were unknown. You won't …

That is responsible king. Not that "They want to drink, and we can levy tax for drinking." Because by, I …

And government is giving license, "Yes, you manufacture liquor." Because it is a great profit for government. I know. I …

So Mahārāja Parīkṣit was not that kind of government. It is the duty of the government or the king to …

The Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is quite opposite. Only interest of Kṛṣṇa. That is Kṛṣṇa consciousness. No more personal interest. They …

That we are teaching = "Fulfill your personal interest through Kṛṣṇa."