TEXT 14
jane 'nagasy agham yunjan
sarvato 'sya ca mad-bhayam
sadhunam bhadram eva syad
asadhu-damane krte
SYNONYMS
janeto the living beings; anagasithose who are offenseless; aghamsufferings; yunjanby applying; sarvatahanywhere and everywhere; asyaof such offenders; caand; mat-bhayamfear me; sadhunamof the honest persons; bhadramgood fortune; evacertainly; syatwill take place; asadhudishonest miscreants; damanecurbed; krtebeing so done.
TRANSLATION
Whoever causes offenseless living beings to suffer must fear me anywhere and everywhere in the world. By curbing dishonest miscreants, one automatically benefits the offenseless.
PURPORT
Dishonest miscreants flourish because of cowardly and impotent executive heads of state. But when the executive heads are strong enough to curb all sorts of dishonest miscreants, in any part of the state, certainly they cannot flourish. When the miscreants are punished in an exemplary manner, automatically all good fortune follows. As said before, it is the prime duty of the king or the executive head to give protection in all respects to the peaceful, offenseless citizens of the state. The devotees of the Lord are by nature peaceful and offenseless, and therefore it is the prime duty of the state to arrange to convert everyone to become a devotee of the Lord. Thus automatically there will be peaceful, offenseless citizens. Then the only duty of the king will be to curb the dishonest miscreants. That will bring about peace and harmony all over human society.

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