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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.17.12

కోఽవృశ్చత్ తవ పాదాంస్త్రీన్ సౌరభేయ చతుష్పద । మా భూవంస్త్వాద‍ృశా రాష్ట్రే రాజ్ఞాం కృష్ణానువర్తినామ్ ॥ ౧౨ ॥
ko ’vṛścat tava pādāṁs trīn
[ko ’vrishchat tava paadaams treen]
saurabheya catuṣ-pada
[saurabheya chatush-pada]
mā bhūvaṁs tvādṛśā rāṣṭre
[maa bhoovams tvaadrishaa raashtre]
rājṣāṁ kṛṣṇānuvartinām
[raajshaam krishnaanuvartinaam]
kaḥ — who is he avṛścat — cut off tava — your pādān — legs trīn — three saurabheya — O son of Surabhi catuḥ-pada — you are four-legged mā — never to be bhūvan — it so happened tvādṛśāḥ — as yourself rāṣṭre — in the state rājṣām — of the kings kṛṣṇa-anuvartinām — those who follow the codes of Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
ko ’vṛścat tava pādāṁs trīn
kaḥ
who is he
avṛścat
cut off
tava
your
pādān
legs
trīn
three
saurabheya catuṣ-pada
saurabheya
O son of Surabhi
catuḥ-pada
you are four-legged
mā bhūvaṁs tvādṛśā rāṣṭre
mā
never to be
bhūvan
it so happened
tvādṛśāḥ
as yourself
rāṣṭre
in the state
rājṣāṁ kṛṣṇānuvartinām
rājṣām
of the kings
kṛṣṇa-anuvartinām
those who follow the codes of Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
He [Mahārāja Parīkṣit] repeatedly addressed and questioned the bull thus: O son of Surabhi, who has cut off your three legs? In the state of the kings who are obedient to the laws of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa, there is no one as unhappy as you.

The kings or the executive heads of all states must know the codes of Lord Kṛṣṇa (generally Bhagavad-gītā and Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam ) and must act accordingly in order to fulfill the mission of human life, which is to make an end to all miseries of material conditions. One who knows the codes of Lord Kṛṣṇa can achieve this end without any difficulty. In the Bhagavad-gītā, in a synopsis, we can understand the codes of Godhead, and in the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam the same codes are explained further.

In a state where the codes of Kṛṣṇa are followed, no one is unhappy. Where such codes are not followed, the first sign is that three legs of the representative of religion are cut off, and thereby all miseries follow. When Kṛṣṇa was personally present, the codes of Kṛṣṇa were being followed without question, but in His absence such codes are presented in the pages of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam for the guidance of the blind persons who happen to be at the helm of all affairs.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Son of Surabhī! You have four legs. Who has cut off three of your legs? There should never be such a condition in the state ruled by kings following Kṛṣṇa.
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