0 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:13,049 SB 1-10-03 TEH 1975-03-13 Monarchy & Maha-Mantra-Perfect 1 00:00:13,050 --> 00:00:16,386 ANNOUNCER: The following is a class on the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, 2 00:00:16,387 --> 00:00:20,349 1st canto, 10th chapter, text number 3, 3 00:00:20,350 --> 00:00:25,719 given by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, 4 00:00:25,720 --> 00:01:08,029 recorded on the 13th of March, 1975, in Tehran, Iran. 5 00:01:08,030 --> 00:01:17,929 PRABHUPĀDA: niśamya bhīṣmoktam athācyutoktaṁ pravṛtta-vijṣāna-vidhūta-vibhramaḥ 6 00:01:17,930 --> 00:01:27,969 śaśāsa gām indra ivājitāśrayaḥ paridhyupāntām anujānuvartitaḥ [SB 1.10.4] 7 00:01:27,970 --> 00:01:37,440 That how Yudhiṣṭhira Mahārāja, he was unwilling to accept the kingdom, 8 00:01:37,441 --> 00:01:41,908 because he thought that “For me, 9 00:01:41,909 --> 00:01:49,550 so many men have been killed in the battlefield of Kurukṣetra. 10 00:01:49,551 --> 00:01:56,520 So I am so sinful, I am not fit for the throne.” 11 00:01:56,521 --> 00:02:04,680 But all the great personalities like Bhīṣmadeva, Lord Kṛṣṇa, 12 00:02:04,681 --> 00:02:07,246 and Vyāsadeva, and all of them requested, 13 00:02:07,247 --> 00:02:16,125 “No, there is no fault of you, it was fight, it was right; so you can reign over.” 14 00:02:16,126 --> 00:02:17,380 There it is said, 15 00:02:17,381 --> 00:02:27,330 niśamya bhīṣmoktam athācyutoktaṁ pravṛtta-vijñāna-vidhūta-vibhramaḥ [SB 1.10.3] 16 00:02:27,331 --> 00:02:33,140 He understood that “When such great personalities are giving their opinion, 17 00:02:33,141 --> 00:02:37,570 that it was no wrong on my part,” then he agreed. 18 00:02:37,571 --> 00:02:47,020 śaśāsa gām indra ivājitāśrayaḥ gām indra iva ajitāśrayaḥ [SB 1.10.3] 19 00:02:47,021 --> 00:02:53,805 Indra, the king of heaven, he ruled over this planet, 20 00:02:53,806 --> 00:03:01,230 as perfectly as the heavenly king Indra does. 21 00:03:01,231 --> 00:03:02,099 How? 22 00:03:02,100 --> 00:03:07,180 Ajitāśrayaḥ, completely being devotee. 23 00:03:07,181 --> 00:03:13,806 So the king can rule over the country… Why country? 24 00:03:13,807 --> 00:03:16,698 The world, world over. 25 00:03:16,699 --> 00:03:22,220 If he takes shelter of Kṛṣṇa, ajitā. 26 00:03:22,221 --> 00:03:25,500 [indistinct] means Kṛṣṇa conscious, God conscious, 27 00:03:25,501 --> 00:03:33,561 such person, as they are advised in the śāstra, then they can rule over the 28 00:03:33,562 --> 00:03:41,401 any part of the world or the whole world exactly like Indra, the king of heaven. 29 00:03:41,402 --> 00:03:46,112 He is ruling over perfectly. 30 00:03:46,113 --> 00:03:50,131 paridhyupāntām anujānuvartitaḥ [SB 1.10.3] 31 00:03:50,132 --> 00:03:53,731 So in this way Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira… 32 00:03:53,732 --> 00:03:56,516 “Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira, after being enlightened by, 33 00:03:56,517 --> 00:04:03,031 what was spoken by Bhīṣmadeva and Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the infallible, 34 00:04:03,032 --> 00:04:07,335 engaged himself in matters of perfect knowledge, 35 00:04:07,336 --> 00:04:10,621 because all his misgivings were eradicated. 36 00:04:10,622 --> 00:04:19,171 Thus he ruled over the earth and seas and was followed by his younger brothers.” 37 00:04:19,172 --> 00:04:24,263 So an ideal king like Yudhiṣṭhira, he can rule over, 38 00:04:24,264 --> 00:04:30,331 not only over the land, over the seas, all over the planet. 39 00:04:30,332 --> 00:04:32,720 This is the ideal. 40 00:04:32,721 --> 00:04:39,101 “The modern English law of primogeniture, or the law of inheritance by the firstborn, 41 00:04:39,102 --> 00:04:44,203 was also prevalent in those days when Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira ruled the earth, 42 00:04:44,204 --> 00:04:46,463 and the seas.” 43 00:04:46,464 --> 00:04:50,440 That means whole planet, including the seas. 44 00:04:50,441 --> 00:04:52,783 “In those days the king of Hastināpura, 45 00:04:52,784 --> 00:04:57,884 now part of New Delhi, was the emperor of the world, including the seas, 46 00:04:57,885 --> 00:05:03,822 up to the time of Mahārāja Parīkṣit, the grandson of Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira. 47 00:05:03,823 --> 00:05:10,842 His younger brothers were acting as his minister and commanders of state, 48 00:05:10,843 --> 00:05:17,192 and there was full cooperation between the perfectly religious brothers of the King. 49 00:05:17,193 --> 00:05:22,272 Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira was the ideal king or representative of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa…” 50 00:05:22,273 --> 00:05:26,522 The king should be the representative of Kṛṣṇa. 51 00:05:26,523 --> 00:05:31,472 “…to rule over the kingdom of earth and was comparable to King Indra, 52 00:05:31,473 --> 00:05:35,882 the representative ruler of the heavenly planet. 53 00:05:35,883 --> 00:05:40,812 The demigods like Indra, Candra, Sūrya, Varuṇa, Vāyu, etc, 54 00:05:40,813 --> 00:05:45,852 are representative kings of different planets of the universe. 55 00:05:45,853 --> 00:05:50,972 And similarly Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira was also one of them, 56 00:05:50,973 --> 00:05:54,192 ruling over the kingdom of the earth. 57 00:05:54,193 --> 00:05:57,146 Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira was not a typically 58 00:05:57,147 --> 00:06:02,832 unenlightened political leader of modern democracy. 59 00:06:02,833 --> 00:06:11,272 Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira was instructed by Bhīṣmadeva and the infallible Lord also, 60 00:06:11,273 --> 00:06:15,512 and therefore he had full knowledge of everything in perfection. 61 00:06:15,513 --> 00:06:21,132 The modern elected executive head of the state is just like a puppet, 62 00:06:21,133 --> 00:06:24,506 because he has no kingly power. 63 00:06:24,507 --> 00:06:27,948 Even if he is enlightened like Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira, 64 00:06:27,949 --> 00:06:31,653 he cannot do anything out of his own good will, 65 00:06:31,654 --> 00:06:34,663 due to his constitutional position. 66 00:06:34,664 --> 00:06:39,120 Therefore, there are so many states over the earth quarreling, 67 00:06:39,121 --> 00:06:44,883 because of ideological differences or other selfish motives. 68 00:06:44,884 --> 00:06:50,983 But a king like Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira had no ideology of his own. 69 00:06:50,984 --> 00:06:55,673 He had but to follow the instruction of the infallible Lord, 70 00:06:55,674 --> 00:07:02,213 and the Lord’s representative, and the authorized agent, Bhīṣmadeva. 71 00:07:02,214 --> 00:07:08,087 It is instructed in the śāstras that one should follow the great authority, 72 00:07:08,088 --> 00:07:15,563 and the infallible Lord without any personal motive and manufactured ideology. 73 00:07:15,564 --> 00:07:21,823 Therefore, it was possible for Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira to rule the whole world, 74 00:07:21,824 --> 00:07:23,553 including the seas, 75 00:07:23,554 --> 00:07:30,623 because the principles were infallible and universally applicable to everyone. 76 00:07:30,624 --> 00:07:35,493 The conception of one world state can only be fulfilled, 77 00:07:35,494 --> 00:07:39,253 if we can follow the infallible authority. 78 00:07:39,254 --> 00:07:46,523 An imperfect human being cannot create an ideology acceptable to everyone. 79 00:07:46,524 --> 00:07:50,698 Only the perfect and the infallible can create a program, 80 00:07:50,699 --> 00:07:56,884 which is applicable at every place and can be followed by all in the world. 81 00:07:56,885 --> 00:08:01,854 It is the person who rules, and not the impersonal government. 82 00:08:01,855 --> 00:08:06,144 If the person is perfect, the government is perfect. 83 00:08:06,145 --> 00:08:11,314 If the person is a fool, the government is a fool’s paradise. 84 00:08:11,315 --> 00:08:13,174 That is the law of nature. 85 00:08:13,175 --> 00:08:18,374 There are so many stories of imperfect kings or executive heads. 86 00:08:18,375 --> 00:08:25,244 Therefore, the executive head must be a trained person like Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira, 87 00:08:25,245 --> 00:08:30,474 and he must have the full autocratic power to rule over the world. 88 00:08:30,475 --> 00:08:35,094 The conception of a world state can take shape only, 89 00:08:35,095 --> 00:08:39,264 under the regime of a perfect king like Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira. 90 00:08:39,265 --> 00:08:44,154 The world was happy in those days because there were kings 91 00:08:44,155 --> 00:08:48,274 like Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira to rule over the world.” 92 00:08:48,275 --> 00:08:52,285 Let this king follow Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira, 93 00:08:52,286 --> 00:08:59,584 and show an example of how monarchy can make a perfect state. 94 00:08:59,585 --> 00:09:04,094 There is instruction in the śāstras, and if he follows, he can do that. 95 00:09:04,095 --> 00:09:07,014 He has got the power. 96 00:09:07,015 --> 00:09:15,814 Then because he was so perfect king, then, a representative of Kṛṣṇa, therefore, 97 00:09:15,815 --> 00:09:19,645 kāmaṁ vavarṣa parjanyaḥ [SB 1.10.4] 98 00:09:19,646 --> 00:09:22,965 Parjanyaḥ means rainfall. 99 00:09:22,966 --> 00:09:34,565 So rainfall is the basic principle of supply of all necessities of life, rainfall. 100 00:09:34,566 --> 00:09:37,465 Therefore Kṛṣṇa says in the Bhagavad-gītā, 101 00:09:37,466 --> 00:09:42,505 annād bhavanti bhūtāni parjanyād anna-sambhavaḥ [Bg. 3.14] 102 00:09:42,506 --> 00:09:50,148 If you want to make people happy, both man and animal… There are animals also. 103 00:09:50,149 --> 00:09:55,785 They are… These rascal state executive, 104 00:09:55,786 --> 00:10:05,465 sometimes they make a show of benefit for the men but no benefit for the animal. 105 00:10:05,466 --> 00:10:07,464 Why? 106 00:10:07,465 --> 00:10:09,982 Why this injustice? 107 00:10:09,983 --> 00:10:14,854 They are also born in this land, they are also living entity. 108 00:10:14,855 --> 00:10:18,417 They may be animals, they have no intelligence. 109 00:10:18,418 --> 00:10:24,725 They have intelligence, not as good as of man, but does it mean that 110 00:10:24,726 --> 00:10:29,755 regular slaughterhouse should be constructed for killing them? 111 00:10:29,756 --> 00:10:32,325 Is that justice? 112 00:10:32,326 --> 00:10:39,733 Not only that, anyone, if he comes to the state, the king should give him shelter. 113 00:10:39,734 --> 00:10:42,201 Why distinction? 114 00:10:42,202 --> 00:10:44,615 Anyone takes shelter, 115 00:10:44,616 --> 00:10:50,245 “Sir, I want to live in your state,” so he must be given all facilities. 116 00:10:50,246 --> 00:10:54,976 Why this, “No, no, you cannot come, you are American, you are Indian, you are this?” 117 00:10:54,977 --> 00:10:56,388 No. 118 00:10:56,389 --> 00:10:57,786 There are so many thing. 119 00:10:57,787 --> 00:11:04,466 If actually they follow the principle, the Vedic principles, 120 00:11:04,467 --> 00:11:09,211 the ideal king will be a good leader, and nature will help. 121 00:11:09,212 --> 00:11:15,146 Therefore it is said that during the reign of Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira, 122 00:11:15,147 --> 00:11:21,086 kāmaṁ vavarṣa parjanyaḥ sarva-kāma-dughā mahī [SB 1.10.4] 123 00:11:21,087 --> 00:11:23,821 Mahī, the earth. 124 00:11:23,822 --> 00:11:27,306 You get all your necessities from the earth. 125 00:11:27,307 --> 00:11:30,046 It does not fall from the sky. 126 00:11:30,047 --> 00:11:33,296 Yes, it falls from the sky in the form of rain. 127 00:11:33,297 --> 00:11:35,796 But they do not know the science, 128 00:11:35,797 --> 00:11:43,726 that how things are coming from earth by the different arrangement. 129 00:11:43,727 --> 00:11:48,796 Under certain conditions the rain falls, astral influence. 130 00:11:48,797 --> 00:11:56,166 Then so many things are produced, the valuable stones, the pearls. 131 00:11:56,167 --> 00:12:00,106 They do not know how these things are coming. 132 00:12:00,107 --> 00:12:08,616 So therefore, if the king is pious, to help him the nature also cooperates. 133 00:12:08,617 --> 00:12:13,386 And the king, if the government is impious, then nature will not cooperate. 134 00:12:13,387 --> 00:12:18,836 That we have also information in the Fourth Canto, I think. 135 00:12:18,837 --> 00:12:20,883 King Pṛthu Mahārāja, yes. [splice] 136 00:12:20,884 --> 00:12:23,067 He was going to punish the earth. 137 00:12:23,068 --> 00:12:26,547 And he said, “This is my duty. 138 00:12:26,548 --> 00:12:28,347 All the demons there are. 139 00:12:28,348 --> 00:12:30,837 I must restrict supply.” 140 00:12:30,838 --> 00:12:31,951 So these people, they do not… 141 00:12:31,952 --> 00:12:37,513 they think that simply by resolution in the Parliament, they will make all, everything. 142 00:12:37,514 --> 00:12:40,912 And they may become all rascals. 143 00:12:40,913 --> 00:12:47,917 This will not make the world happy, they will simply deteriorate more and more. 144 00:12:47,918 --> 00:12:49,667 They do not know, here it is said, 145 00:12:49,668 --> 00:12:52,157 kāmaṁ vavarṣa parjanyaḥ [SB 1.10.4] 146 00:12:52,158 --> 00:12:57,547 Bhagavān Kṛṣṇa also said, annād bhavanti bhūtāni. [Bg. 3.14] 147 00:12:57,548 --> 00:13:07,910 Kṛṣṇa never says, “The factory will make the people healthy and strong,” never says. 148 00:13:07,911 --> 00:13:10,397 And these rascals are after factories. 149 00:13:10,398 --> 00:13:12,608 Then how the people will be happy? 150 00:13:12,609 --> 00:13:14,337 Ugra-karma. 151 00:13:14,338 --> 00:13:21,387 Everyone will be unhappy, dissatisfied, rogue, bachelor growth. 152 00:13:21,388 --> 00:13:27,651 Where Kṛṣṇa has said that “Open factories for economic development?” 153 00:13:27,652 --> 00:13:33,015 Nowhere you will find, neither in the śāstra… Here it is said, 154 00:13:33,016 --> 00:13:40,677 that all economic development will be complete simply by regular rainfall. 155 00:13:40,678 --> 00:13:43,038 kāmaṁ vavarṣa parjanyaḥ [SB 1.10.4] 156 00:13:43,039 --> 00:13:45,138 Kāmam means all necessities of life. 157 00:13:45,139 --> 00:13:45,968 They do not know. 158 00:13:45,969 --> 00:13:51,793 The modern people, scientists, philosophers, politicians, 159 00:13:51,794 --> 00:13:54,087 they do not know this. 160 00:13:54,088 --> 00:13:54,767 Kāmam. 161 00:13:54,768 --> 00:13:59,472 Kāmam means necessities of life, we have got so many things. 162 00:13:59,473 --> 00:14:01,828 But how it will be supplied? 163 00:14:01,829 --> 00:14:05,808 It is clearly said, kāmaṁ vavarṣa parjanyaḥ [SB 1.10.4] 164 00:14:05,809 --> 00:14:09,848 And how parjanyaḥ will be regular? 165 00:14:09,849 --> 00:14:11,818 yajñād bhavati parjanyaḥ [Bg. 3.14] 166 00:14:11,819 --> 00:14:13,648 Where is that program? 167 00:14:13,649 --> 00:14:15,278 Where is yajña? 168 00:14:15,279 --> 00:14:19,718 In the Kali-yuga other yajñas are very difficult to perform. 169 00:14:19,719 --> 00:14:23,618 There is no money, there is no qualified brāhmaṇa. 170 00:14:23,619 --> 00:14:26,048 Therefore this yajña… 171 00:14:26,049 --> 00:14:30,668 yajñaiḥ saṅkīrtana-prāyair yajanti hi sumedhasaḥ [SB 11.5.32] 172 00:14:30,669 --> 00:14:33,854 Those who have got brain substance, not cow dung, 173 00:14:33,855 --> 00:14:38,543 they will take this process, yajñaiḥ. 174 00:14:38,544 --> 00:14:42,843 Let everyone chant Hare Kṛṣṇa, home to home. 175 00:14:42,844 --> 00:14:45,419 Whatever they have got, all right. 176 00:14:45,420 --> 00:14:47,228 Just begin chanting. 177 00:14:47,229 --> 00:14:49,525 Just see what happens. 178 00:14:49,526 --> 00:14:53,519 We are trying to introduce this chanting. 179 00:14:53,520 --> 00:14:56,819 But the rascals will not take it. 180 00:14:56,820 --> 00:14:58,519 What can be done? 181 00:14:58,520 --> 00:15:02,609 There is no loss if they chant Hare Kṛṣṇa, worldwide. 182 00:15:02,610 --> 00:15:04,338 Where is the loss? 183 00:15:04,339 --> 00:15:06,739 But still, they will not. 184 00:15:06,740 --> 00:15:08,885 And everything can be had. 185 00:15:08,886 --> 00:15:11,239 sarva-kāma-dughā mahī [SB 1.10.4] 186 00:15:11,240 --> 00:15:13,319 Mahī. 187 00:15:13,320 --> 00:15:19,079 Kṛṣṇa, how He has arranged this mahī? 188 00:15:19,080 --> 00:15:23,122 Everything is coming, actually you will find that the rose flower is coming, 189 00:15:23,123 --> 00:15:30,479 the mine is coming, the gold is coming, the coal is coming, the petrol is coming. 190 00:15:30,480 --> 00:15:34,827 Everything is there in the mahī. 191 00:15:34,828 --> 00:15:36,430 And who has arranged it? 192 00:15:36,431 --> 00:15:37,869 Just see. 193 00:15:37,870 --> 00:15:40,199 sarva-kāma-dughā mahī [SB 1.10.4] 194 00:15:40,200 --> 00:15:44,809 And if there is regular waterfall, then you get everything supply. 195 00:15:44,810 --> 00:15:51,759 And by performing yajña, you get regular waterfall, rainfall. 196 00:15:51,760 --> 00:15:58,629 And in this age all other types of yajña is not possible. 197 00:15:58,630 --> 00:16:02,219 harer nāma harer nāma harer nāmaiva kevalam 198 00:16:02,220 --> 00:16:06,879 kalau nāsty eva nāsty eva nāsty eva… [Cc. Ādi 17.21] 199 00:16:06,880 --> 00:16:08,808 So introduce this. 200 00:16:08,809 --> 00:16:11,049 Eh, what is their loss? 201 00:16:11,050 --> 00:16:15,750 If everyone, home to home or work to work, factory to factory… 202 00:16:15,751 --> 00:16:20,600 Let them, factory… Let there be factory, but chant Hare Kṛṣṇa. 203 00:16:20,601 --> 00:16:28,795 Let all the factory members be engaged in chanting and the… supply them prasādam. 204 00:16:28,796 --> 00:16:31,520 Just see, there will be no more strike. 205 00:16:31,521 --> 00:16:34,500 There will be no more Communistic movement. 206 00:16:34,501 --> 00:16:38,380 Everything is there, provided they take it. 207 00:16:38,381 --> 00:16:44,152 So this is not a sentimental fanaticism, religious movement. 208 00:16:44,153 --> 00:16:49,940 This is scientific movement for the good of the whole world. 209 00:16:49,941 --> 00:16:56,300 That we have to convince by our character, by our behavior. 210 00:16:56,301 --> 00:16:59,292 Then people will accept it. 211 00:16:59,293 --> 00:17:05,501 They think it is another type of religious… So religious means fanaticism. 212 00:17:05,502 --> 00:17:07,660 It is not that. 213 00:17:07,661 --> 00:17:11,750 Just like they fought, the Mohammedans and the Christians. 214 00:17:11,751 --> 00:17:14,027 There was fighting? 215 00:17:14,028 --> 00:17:15,580 - What is that? - The Holy Wars? 216 00:17:15,581 --> 00:17:19,090 - Huh? - PARIVRĀJAKĀCĀRYA: Crusades. - Crusades. Crusades. 217 00:17:19,091 --> 00:17:25,790 These Britishers created this religious fight between Hindus and Muslims. 218 00:17:25,791 --> 00:17:30,198 Before that, there was no in the history, religious fight, 219 00:17:30,199 --> 00:17:34,151 in the history of the whole India. 220 00:17:34,152 --> 00:17:39,684 The Mahābhārata, Kurukṣetra fight was… That was political fight. 221 00:17:39,685 --> 00:17:43,774 That was not a religious fight on the basis of that, 222 00:17:43,775 --> 00:17:46,904 “You are Hindu, I am Muslim, therefore we must fight.” 223 00:17:46,905 --> 00:17:49,024 There was no such fight. 224 00:17:49,025 --> 00:17:54,166 In the material platform your interest, my interest, 225 00:17:54,167 --> 00:17:56,522 sometimes clash, there may be fight. 226 00:17:56,523 --> 00:18:00,077 But why fight on religious, mean God consciousness? 227 00:18:00,078 --> 00:18:12,835 If everyone is God conscious, where is the question of fight? 228 00:18:12,836 --> 00:18:12,837 Subtitles by Gopī Kāntā Dāsa, Causelessmercy.com