Krishna Katha - Verse for meditation - 26/09/2011 - 28/09/2011

SB 1.17.38-39

suta uvaca

abhyarthitas tada tasmai

sthanani kalaye dadau

dyutam panam striyah suna

yatradharmas catur-vidhah

 

sutah uvaca—Suta Gosvami said; abhyarthitah—thus being petitioned; tada—at that time; tasmai—unto him; sthanani—places; kalaye—to the personality of Kali; dadau—gave him permission; dyutam—gambling; panam—drinking; striyah—illicit association with women; suna—animal slaughter; yatra—wherever; adharmah—sinful activities; catuh-vidhah—four kinds of.

 

Suta Gosvami said: Maharaja Pariksit, thus being petitioned by the personality of Kali, gave him permission to reside in places where gambling, drinking, prostitution and animal slaughter were performed.

Suta Gosvami

 

punas ca yacamanaya

jata-rupam adat prabhuh

tato 'nrtam madam kamam

rajo vairam ca pañcamam

 

punah—again; ca—also; yacamanaya—to the beggar; jata-rupam—gold; adat—gave away; prabhuh—the King; tatah—whereby; anrtam—falsehood; madam—intoxication; kamam—lust; rajah—on account of a passionate mood; vairam—enmity; ca—also; pañcamam—the fifth one.

 

The personality of Kali asked for something more, and because of his begging, the King gave him permission to live where there is gold because wherever there is gold there is also falsity, intoxication, lust, envy and enmity.

Suta Gosvami