Our this monarchy was there, but they were rajarsis: monarch, at the same time, great saintly person. Therefore they were worshiped - Maharaja Yudhisthira, Maharaja Pariksit, Maharaja Ambarisa

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"Our this monarchy was there, but they were rājarṣis: monarch, at the same time, great saintly person. Therefore they were worshiped— Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira, Mahārāja Parīkṣit, Mahārāja Ambarīṣa"

Conversations and Morning Walks

1977 Conversations and Morning Walks

Prabhupāda: Imaṁ rājarṣayo viduḥ. It is meant for the rulers, rājarṣi, not for the loafers. Imaṁ rājarṣayo viduḥ. Tabhi to wo log thik thik shasan kar sakte the. (That's why they could rule over their kingdoms properly.) Our this monarchy was there, but they were rājarṣis: monarch, at the same time, great saintly person. Therefore they were worshiped— Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira, Mahārāja Parīkṣit, Mahārāja Ambarīṣa. They are not autocrat. Imaṁ rājarṣayo viduḥ. They understood the science of Bhagavad-gītā from saintly person, exalted brāhmaṇas. Then they ruled.

770415 - Conversation - Bombay

Prabhupāda: Imaṁ rājarṣayo viduḥ. It is meant for the rulers, rājarṣi, not for the loafers. Imaṁ rājarṣayo viduḥ. Tabhi to wo log thik thik shasan kar sakte the. (That's why they could rule over their kingdoms properly.) Our this monarchy was there, but they were rājarṣis: monarch, at the same time, great saintly person. Therefore they were worshiped— Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira, Mahārāja Parīkṣit, Mahārāja Ambarīṣa. They are not autocrat. Imaṁ rājarṣayo viduḥ. They understood the science of Bhagavad-gītā from saintly person, exalted brāhmaṇas. Then they ruled. You'll find in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam this Mahārāja Parīkṣit, grandson of Arjuna. His father died when he was in the womb of his mother. So all, everyone died. Only these five brother remained. And Parīkṣit Mahārāja, the grandson of Arjuna, he was in the womb of his mother, Uttarā. So he was also attempted to be killed by Aśvatthāmā by brahmāstra. Kṛṣṇa saved him. So anyway, the grandfathers took care of this child, baby in the womb. And when he was born . . . this is a ceremony, jāta-karma. Just after birth there is a ceremony. This is now gone, daśa, daśa-karaṇa . . . nobody is . . . so they were making horoscope, the brāhmaṇas: "So this child will be like this, like this, like this, like this." Yudhiṣṭhira Mahārāja's question was that, "What you are speaking, that is all right. Whether this child will be to their forefathers' reputation, how to give happiness to the subjects, prajā-pālana?" He was anxious, "How much he will be qualified, prajā-pālana, how to keep the prajās very happy? First of all see that." This was the test, prajā-pālana. And it is stated in this Bhāgavatam . . . (aside) Now find out this ruling of Yudhiṣṭhira Mahārāja, that chapter, first part. So there was not even disease during his reign. Ādhayo vyādhayaḥ. There was no extreme heat, there was no extreme cold, on account of this rājarṣi. And their only business was to see . . . and Lord Rāmacandra—how He was maintaining subjects like father. Therefore people are still hankering after rāma-rājya.