Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 9.10.53

nadhi-vyadhi-jara-glani-

duhkha-soka-bhaya-klamah

mrityus canicchatam nasid

rame rajany adhokshaje

SYNONYMS

na -- not; adhi -- adhyatmika, adhibhautika and adhidaivika sufferings (that is, sufferings from the body and mind, from other living entities and from nature); vyadhi -- diseases; jara -- old age; glani -- bereavement; duhkha -- grief; soka -- lamentation; bhaya -- fear; klamah -- and fatigue; mrityuh -- death; ca -- also; anicchatam -- of those who did not like it; na asit -- there was not; rame -- during the rule of Lord Ramacandra; rajani -- because of His being the king; adhokshaje -- the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is beyond this material world.

TRANSLATION

When Lord Ramacandra, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, was the King of this world, all bodily and mental suffering, disease, old age, bereavement, lamentation, distress, fear and fatigue were completely absent. There was even no death for those who did not want it.

PURPORT

All these facilities existed because of Lord Ramacandra's presence as the King of the entire world. A similar situation could be introduced immediately, even in this age called Kali, the worst of all ages. It is said, kali-kale nama-rupe krishna-avatara: Krishna descends in this Kali-yuga in the form of His holy name -- Hare Krishna, Hare Rama. If we chant offenselessly, Rama and Krishna are still present in this age. The kingdom of Rama was immensely popular and beneficial, and the spreading of this Hare Krishna movement can immediately introduce a similar situation, even in this Kali-yuga.

<<< >>>

Copyright (c) The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International, Inc.
His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Founder Acarya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness