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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.10.6

नाधयो व्याधय: क्लेशा दैवभूतात्महेतव: । अजातशत्रावभवन् जन्तूनां राज्ञि कर्हिचित् ॥ ६ ॥
nādhayo vyādhayaḥ kleśā
[naadhayo vyaadhayah kleshaa]
daiva-bhūtātma-hetavaḥ
[daiva-bhootaatma-hetavah]
ajāta-śatrāv abhavan
[ajaata-shatraav abhavan]
jantūnāṁ rājñi karhicit
[jantoonaam raajni karhichit]
na — never ādhayaḥ — anxieties vyādhayaḥ — diseases kleśāḥ — trouble due to excessive heat and cold daiva-bhūta-ātma — all due to the body, supernatural power and other living beings hetavaḥ — due to the cause of ajāta-śatrau — unto one who has no enemy abhavan — happened jantūnām — of the living beings rājñi — unto the King karhicit — at any time.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
nādhayo vyādhayaḥ kleśā
na
never
ādhayaḥ
anxieties
vyādhayaḥ
diseases
kleśāḥ
trouble due to excessive heat and cold
daiva-bhūtātma-hetavaḥ
daiva-bhūta-ātma
all due to the body, supernatural power and other living beings
hetavaḥ
due to the cause of
ajāta-śatrāv abhavan
ajāta-śatrau
unto one who has no enemy
abhavan
happened
jantūnāṁ rājñi karhicit
jantūnām
of the living beings
rājñi
unto the King
karhicit
at any time.
Because of the King’s having no enemy, the living beings were not at any time disturbed by mental agonies, diseases, or excessive heat or cold.

To be nonviolent to human beings and to be a killer or enemy of the poor animals is Satan’s philosophy. In this age there is enmity toward poor animals, and therefore the poor creatures are always anxious. The reaction of the poor animals is being forced on human society, and therefore there is always the strain of cold or hot war between men, individually, collectively or nationally. At the time of Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira, there were no different nations, although there were different subordinate states. The whole world was united, and the supreme head, being a trained king like Yudhiṣṭhira, kept all the inhabitants free from anxiety, diseases and excessive heat and cold. They were not only economically well-to-do, but also physically fit and undisturbed by supernatural power, by enmity from other living beings and by disturbance of bodily and mental agonies. There is a proverb in Bengali that a bad king spoils the kingdom and a bad housewife spoils the family. This truth is applicable here also. Because the King was pious and obedient to the Lord and sages, because he was no one’s enemy and because he was a recognized agent of the Lord and therefore protected by Him, all the citizens under the King’s protection were, so to speak, directly protected by the Lord and His authorized agents. Unless one is pious and recognized by the Lord, he cannot make others happy who are under his care. There is full cooperation between man and God and man and nature, and this conscious cooperation between man and God and man and nature, as exemplified by King Yudhiṣṭhira, can bring about happiness, peace and prosperity in the world. The attitude of exploiting one another, the custom of the day, will only bring misery.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
While Yudhiṣṭhira ruled, the living beings suffered no anxieties, sickness or inconveniences caused by nature, by other living beings or by themselves.
Because the king had no enemy, beings were not disturbed by mental agonies, diseases, or excess heat or cold. Inner enmity of the leader is felt by all. Personal peace is a public good.
Reflection Questions
  • Whose mental agony around me may be tied to my unresolved enmity?
  • Where would inner reconciliation actually ease the world I lead?
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