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From: (Town) Vilnius

Date: 09-Feb-96 18:33 MSK

To: Asvasena (das) NRS (SKL S-P) [13]

Subject: Lecture

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A lecture given by HDG Niranjana Swami in Kaunas on September 20, 1995.

SB 4.11.8

My dear son, the killing of sinless Yaksas which you have undertaken is not at

all approved by authorities, this is not befit to our family, which is supposed

to know what is religious and irreligious.

My dear son, it has been proved that you are very much affectionate towards

your brother and are greatly aggrieved at his being killed by Yaksas, but just

consider - for one Yaksa`s offence you have killed many others who were

innocent.

One should not accept the body as the self and thus like the animals kill the

bodies of others. This is especially forbidden by saintly persons who follow

the path of devotional service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

PURPORT

So, this is Svayambhuva Manu speaking to Druva Maharaja. He is a grandfather of

Druva Maharaja. He is the father of Maharaja Uttanapada, and Svayambhuva Manu

is also one of the twelve mahajanas, or authorities on devotional service.

Svayambhuva Manu was a little bit concerned about Dhruva Maharaja`s behaviour,

because it appeares that Dhruva Maharaja is acting a little bit beyond that

what is required. Because Dhruva Maharaja is a king and it is his duty to

punish everyone who commits a sinful act. And it is also appropriate for the

king to become angry. Othervise, how he will punish the miscreants if he is not

angry? He must express his anger in order to assume his responsibility as a

king and protect the citizens. And if a king ever sees any behaviour that is

contrary to religious principles, he must be prepared to chastise him. Because

the king is supposed to be the protector of religious principles. So, for

Dhruva Maharaja to be angry at the Yaksas is appropriate behaviour. However,

Svayambhuva Manu was observing that Dhruva Maharaja seems to be going a little

bit too far. It`s one thing to punish a person who is responsible for the death

of your brother, but now you have already killed so many of these Yaksas. Don`t

you think it`s sufficient? Why are you going to whipe out the whole race for

the behaviour of one person who misbehaved? So, because you are the king and

are expected to be the protector of religion... Svayambhuva Manu is offering an

argument to Dhruva Maharaja, and he is saying that killing of the sinless

Yaksas is not approved by authorities. It`s not appropriate for one who is

supposed to know the laws of religion. In other words, you are a pretector of

religious principles, but now you appear to be acting in an irreligious way.

So, because Svayambhuva Manu is capable of establishing true religious

principles - that is the position of a mahajana. dharmas tattvam nihita

guhayam mahajano yena gatah sa pantha: the solid truth of religious

principles

is hidden in the heart of an unadulterated self-realized devotee of the Lord.

Therefore one should accept whatever path that the mahajanas advocate. When the

mahajanas advocate the path of religion, it`s because they are actual seers of

the truth. They have the power to discriminate between what is religion and

what is irreligion. Because sometimes it is seen, especially in this age of

Kali-yuga, that one accepts irreligion to be religion and religion to be

irreligion. In other words, one must have the power to discriminate between

what is religion and what is irreligion. And because the mahajana is

established on the path of religion, he has proper vision. And one who has

proper vision can establish the truth, whenever there is any discrepancy in the

execution of one`s duties in life. We see many examples in Srimad Bhagavatam

when such personalities come to establish the truth and to establish the proper

path to follow when one appeares to be deviating from this path. Just like

previously Svayambhuva Manu had asked Priyavrata Maharaja to accept the

responsibility as an emperror of the universe. And Priyavrata Maharaja was the

son of Svayambhuva Manu, but he was also instructed in devotional service by

Narada Muni. So Priyavrata Maharaja was inclined to follow the path which had

been established by Narada Muni for him to follow. Certainly that is an

auspicious path. Narada Muni was instructing Priyavrata to live in celibacy,

renunciation, accept the vows of brahmacarya and, as Narada always preaches, he

preached the path of nivrti marg, which is the path of total renunciation. So

when Svayambhuva Manu said to Priyavrata Maharaja, "I want you to accept

responsibility as an emperror of the world", Priyavrata Maharaja was inclined

to follow the path established by Narada. Yet, there was the higher plan of the

Lord, and at that particular time Lord Brahma descended on his swan-carrier.

Here we have three mahajanas: Svayambhuva Manu, Narada Muni, and now appeares

Lord Brahma. They all were mahajanas.