Srimad Bhagavatam — Chaturtha Skandha, Shloka 19
Dhruva-vaṁśa Continuation: Utkala’s Renunciation, Aṅga’s Sacrifice, and the Birth of Vena
Prelude to Pṛthu
यमङ्ग शेपु: कुपिता वाग्वज्रा मुनय: किल । गतासोस्तस्य भूयस्ते ममन्थुर्दक्षिणं करम् ॥ १९ ॥ अराजके तदा लोके दस्युभि: पीडिता: प्रजा: । जातो नारायणांशेन पृथुराद्य: क्षितीश्वर: ॥ २० ॥
yam aṅga śepuḥ kupitā vāg-vajrā munayaḥ kila gatāsos tasya bhūyas te mamanthur dakṣiṇaṁ karam
ヴィドゥラよ、大聖仙の呪詛の言葉は金剛の雷のごとく抗しがたい。怒りにより彼らがヴェナ王を呪うと、王は命を落とした。王なき世となって盗賊がはびこり、国は無秩序となり、民は大いに苦しんだ。これを見た聖仙たちはヴェナの右手を攪拌の杵として撹拌し、その結果、ナーラーヤナの分身として主ヴィシュヌがプṛトゥ王として顕現し、世界最初の帝王となった。
Monarchy is better than democracy because if the monarchy is very strong the regulative principles within the kingdom are upheld very nicely. Even one hundred years ago in the state of Kashmir in India, the king was so strong that if a thief were arrested in his kingdom and brought before him, the king would immediately chop off the hands of the thief. As a result of this severe punishment there were practically no theft cases within the kingdom. Even if someone left something on the street, no one would touch it. The rule was that the things could be taken away only by the proprietor and that no one else would touch them. In the so-called democracy, wherever there is a theft case the police come and take note of the case, but generally the thief is never caught, nor is any punishment offered to him. As a result of incapable government, at the present moment thieves, rogues and cheaters are very prominent all over the world.
FAQs
Because Vena opposed dharma and offended saintly authority; the sages, to protect religious order, used their brahminical power to punish him.
It refers to a miraculous, divinely empowered act by which the sages extracted a qualified ruler from Vena’s body—preparing for the appearance of King Pṛthu.
Leadership must align with dharma and respect saintly wisdom; arrogance and hostility toward virtue lead to downfall.