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Pradyumna: Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. [devotees repeat] [leads chanting of verse, etc.]

bhadrāśvaṁ ketumālaṁ ca bhārataṁ cottarān kurūn kimpuruṣādīni varṣāṇi vijitya jagṛhe balim

[SB 1.16.12]

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Translation = "Mahārāja Parīkṣit then conquered all parts of the earthly planet---Bhadrāśva, Ketumāla, Bhārata, the northern portion of Kuru-jāṅgala, Kimpuruṣa, …

Prabhupāda: So in this verse it is descriptive, different parts of the world. So the important word is here, vijitya …

So this conquering of other countries was not like the Napoleon conqueror or Hitler conqueror. No. As it will be …

The aim was... All the fights in Mahābhārata or in Rāmāyaṇa, it was meant for chastising the godless. Godless. Just …

So Kṛṣṇa wants therefore that somebody must be king who is His representative, devotee. That is the whole plan.

yadā yadā hi dharmasya glānir bhavati bhārata abhyutthānam adharmasya tadātmānaṁ sṛjāmy aham

[Bg. 4.7]

paritrāṇāya sādhūnāṁ vināśāya ca duṣkṛtām dharma-saṁsthāpanārthāya...

[Bg. 4.8]

This is the purpose, dharma-saṁsthāpanārthāya, to establish religious principle. If people become irreligious, then the whole world becomes a hell. …

Devotee: Energy crisis.

Prabhupāda: Energy crisis. Energy crisis. So crisis must be there. Otherwise, if you live peacefully, even within so many crisis, …

As soon as there is overpopulation... That is Malthus' theory also, that as soon as there is overpopulation, there must …

So in order to save the world to become hellish, the king was so alert. That is..., that is also …

So always we must be disturbed. If everything is all right... Just like in your country, supposing everything is all …

Devotee: Cancer.