the flags are increasing...

Yudhisthira is not like that: "Let... Somehow or other, let me become king. Let so many people were killed. Never mind." No. He was so sorry, so sorry that he could not be solaced even by the instruction of Krsna and saintly person like Vyasadeva. He was so sorry. Of course, he accepted, but personally he was so very, very sorry, that "So many people have been killed for me." But what could be done? It was Krsna's desire. Krsna comes-paritranaya sadhūnam vinasaya ca duskrtam [Bg 4.8], His two business. So He wanted to establish the kingdom of His representative. He wanted that "Maharaja Yudhisthira is right representative. He should be enthroned on the kingdom of whole world." Formerly, Bharata-varsa meant this whole planet, not this small tract of land. Now it is called India. But the Bharata-varsa means the whole planet, this planet. There was one flag. Up to Maharaja Pariksit there was one flag, not like at present there are hundreds and thousands of flags. You Americans, you know. In New York, when we pass through that United Nation building, we see so many flags are there. They are united, but everywhere the flag is increasing-disunited. Not like that. Actually, by monarchy, the pious king, there was unity all over the world. All over the world. And in the Battlefield of Kuruksetra it was a family fight, so all the kings of different parts of the world, they joined this side or that side. That is mentioned in the Bhagavad-gita. So... But still, Maharaja Yudhisthira did not like that so many people would be killed for the sake of enthroning him, but Krsna desired. Krsna desired. Krsna wanted it, that... Duryodhana, they were demonlike, simply making politics and diplomacy. Their only business was... Dhrtarastra, along with his sons, they were simply making diplomacy how to kill the Panḍavas and catch over the kingdom. That was their policy.    (More...)