SB 8.19.4

TEXT 4

TEXT

न सन्ति तीर्थे युधि चार्थिनार्थिताः पराङ्मुखा ये त्वमनस्विनो नृप ।
युष्मत्कुले यद्यशसामलेन प्रह्राद उद्भाति यथोडुपः खे ॥ ४ ॥

na santi tirthe yudhi carthinarthitah

paraṅmukha ye tv amanasvino nrpa

yusmat-kule yad yasasamalena

prahrada udbhati yathodupah khe

na-not; santi-there are; tirthe-in holy places (where charity is given); yudhi-in the battlefield; ca-also; arthina-by a brahmana or a ksatriya; arthitah-who have been asked; paraṅmukhah-who refused their prayers; ye-such persons; tu-indeed; amanasvinah-such low-minded, low-grade kings; nrpa-O King (Bali Maharaja); yusmat-kule-in your dynasty; yat-therein; yasasa amalena-by impeccable reputation; prahradah-Prahlada Maharaja; udbhati-arises; yatha-as; udupah-the moon; khe-in the sky.

TRANSLATION

O King Bali, never in your dynasty has the low-minded king been born who upon being requested has refused charity to brahmanas in holy places or a fight to ksatriyas on a battlefield. And your dynasty is even more glorious due to the presence of Prahlada Maharaja, who is like the beautiful moon in the sky.

PURPORT

The symptoms of a ksatriya are given in Bhagavad-gita. One of the qualifications is the willingness to give charity (dana). A ksatriya does not refuse to give charity when requested by a brahmana, nor can he refuse to fight another ksatriya. A king who does refuse is called low-minded. In the dynasty of Bali Maharaja there were no such low-minded kings.

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