TEXT 20
ittham vrajan bharatam eva varsam
kalena yavad gatavan prabhasam
tavac chasasa ksitim eka cakram
ekatapatram ajitena parthah
SYNONYMS
itthamlike this; vrajanwhile traveling; bharatamIndia; evaonly; varsamthe tract of land; kalenain due course of time; yavatwhen; gatavanvisited; prabhasamthe Prabhasa pilgrimage site; tavatat that time; sasasaruled; ksitimthe world; eka-cakramby one military force; ekaone; atapatramflag; ajitenaby the mercy of the unconquerable Krsna; parthahMaharaja Yudhisthira.
TRANSLATION
Thus, when he was in the land of Bharatavarsa traveling to all the places of pilgrimage, he visited Prabhasaksetra. At that time Maharaja Yudhisthira was the emperor and held the world under one military strength and one flag.
PURPORT
More than five thousand years ago, while Saint Vidura was traveling the earth as a pilgrim, India was known as Bharatavarsa, as it is known even today. The history of the world cannot give any systematic account for more than three thousand years into the past, but before that the whole world was under the flag and military strength of Maharaja Yudhisthira, who was the emperor of the world. At present there are hundreds and thousands of flags flapping in the United Nations, but during the time of Vidura there was, by the grace of Ajita, Lord Krsna, only one flag. The nations of the world are very eager to again have one state under one flag, but for this they must seek the favor of Lord Krsna, who alone can help us become one worldwide nation.

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