राजोवाच न ते गुडाकेशयशोधराणां ।
बद्धाञ्जलेर्वै भयमस्ति किञ्चित् न वर्तितव्यं भवता कथञ्चन ।
क्षेत्रे मदीये त्वमधर्मबन्धुः ॥ ३१ ॥
na te gudakesa-yaso-dharanam
baddhanjaler vai bhayam asti kincit
na vartitavyam bhavata kathancana
ksetre madiye tvam adharma-bandhuh
sri raja uvaca-the King said; na-not; te-your; gudakesa-Arjuna; yasah-dharanam-of you who inherited the fame; baddhanjaleh-one with folded hands; vai-certainly; bhayam-fear; asti-there is; kincit-even a slight; na-neither; vartitavyam-can be allowed to live; bhavata-by you; kathancana-by all means; ksetre-in the land; madiye-in my kingdom; tvam-you; adharma-bandhuh-the friend of irreligion.
The King thus said: We have inherited the fame of Arjuna; therefore since you have surrendered yourself with folded hands you need not fear for your life. But you cannot remain in my kingdom, for you are the friend of irreligion.
The personality of Kali, who is the friend of all kinds of irreligiosities, may be excused if he surrenders, but in all circumstances he cannot be allowed to live as a citizen in any part of a welfare state. The Pandavas were entrusted representatives of the Personality of Godhead Lord Krsna, who practically brought into being the Battle of Kuruksetra, but not for any personal interest. He wanted that an ideal King like Maharaja Yudhisthira and his descendants like Maharaja Pariksit should rule the world, and therefore a responsible king like Maharaja Pariksit cannot allow the friend of irreligiosity to flourish in his kingdom at the cost of the good fame of the Pandavas. That is the way of wiping out corruption in the state, and not otherwise. The friends of irreligiosity should be banished from the state, and that will save the state from corruption.