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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 9.13.12

అరాజకభయం నృణాం మన్యమానా మహర్షయ: । దేహం మమన్థు: స్మ నిమే: కుమార: సమజాయత ॥ ౧౨ ॥
arājaka-bhayaṁ nṝṇāṁ
[araajaka-bhayam nreenaam]
manyamānā maharṣayaḥ
[manyamaanaa maharshayah]
dehaṁ mamanthuḥ sma nimeḥ
[deham mamanthuh sma nimeh]
kumāraḥ samajāyata
[kumaarah samajaayata]
arājaka-bhayam — due to fear of the danger of an unregulated government nṝṇām — for the people in general manyamānāḥ — considering this situation mahā-ṛṣayaḥ — the great sages deham — the body mamanthuḥ — churned sma — in the past nimeḥ — of Mahārāja Nimi kumāraḥ — one son samajāyata — was thus born.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
arājaka-bhayaṁ nṝṇāṁ
arājaka-bhayam
due to fear of the danger of an unregulated government
nṝṇām
for the people in general
manyamānā maharṣayaḥ
manyamānāḥ
considering this situation
mahā-ṛṣayaḥ
the great sages
dehaṁ mamanthuḥ sma nimeḥ
deham
the body
mamanthuḥ
churned
sma
in the past
nimeḥ
of Mahārāja Nimi
kumāraḥ samajāyata
kumāraḥ
one son
samajāyata
was thus born.
Thereafter, to save the people from the danger of an unregulated government, the sages churned Mahārāja Nimi’s material body, from which, as a result, a son was born.

Arājaka-bhayam. If the government is unsteady and unregulated, there is danger of fear for the people. At the present moment this danger always exists because of government by the people. Here we can see that the great sages got a son from Nimi’s material body to guide the citizens properly, for such guidance is the duty of a kṣatriya king. A kṣatriya is one who saves the citizens from being injured. In the so-called people’s government there is no trained kṣatriya king; as soon as someone strong accumulates votes, he becomes the minister or president, without training from the learned brāhmaṇas expert in the śāstras. Indeed, we see that in some countries the government changes from party to party, and therefore the men in charge of the government are more eager to protect their position than to see that the citizens are happy. The Vedic civilization prefers monarchy. People liked the government of Lord Rāmacandra, the government of Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira and the governments of Mahārāja Parīkṣit, Mahārāja Ambarīṣa and Mahārāja Prahlāda. There are many instances of excellent government under a monarch. Gradually the democratic government is becoming unfit for the needs of the people, and therefore some parties are trying to elect a dictator. A dictatorship is the same as a monarchy, but without a trained leader. Actually people will be happy when a trained leader, whether a monarch or a dictator, takes control of the government and rules the people according to the standard regulations of the authorized scriptures.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Thereafter, understanding the dangerous situation for the people without a king, the sages churned Mahārāja Nimi's material body, from which, as a result, a son was born.
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