SB 1.10.2 (1964)
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT No. 2
Suta Uvacha: Bansam kuror bansa dabagni nirhritam Samrohayitwa bhavabhavano hari. Nirbesayitwa nijarajya iswaro Yudhisthiram pritamana babhuvaha.
ENGLISH SYNONYMS
Suta uvacha—Suta Goswami replied, Bamsam—dynasty, Kuror—of the king Kuru, Bansadabagni—forest fire set in by the bamboos, Nirhritam—exhausted, Samrohayitwa—seedling again the dynasty, Bhavabhavano—the maintainer of creation, Hari—the Personality of Godhead Sri Krishna, Nirbesayitwa—having re-established, Nijaraj ya—in his own kingdom, Iswara—the Supreme Lord, Yudhisthiram—unto Maharaj Yudhisthir, Pritamana—pleased in his mind, Babhuvaha—became.
TRANSLATION
Lord Shri Krishna the Supreme Personality of Godhead Who is the maintainer of the world, became pleased in His mind after re-establishing Maharaj Yudhisthir in his own kingdom and also after seedling again the dynasty of Kuru which was exhausted by the fire of anger like the forest fire caused by the cohesion of bamboos.
PURPORT
This world is compared with the fire in the forest caused by cohesion of the bamboo-bush in the forest. Thus forest fire takes place automatically but such bamboo cohesion goes on without any external cause. Similarly in the material world the wrath of the persons, who want to lord it over the material world is interacted and the fire of war takes place exhausting the unwanted increase of population. Such fire or war in the human society takes place by dealing of the population and the Lord has nothing to do with it. But as He wants to maintain the creation, He desires the mass of people to the right path of self-realisation which enables the living beings to enter into the kingdom of God. The lord wants that the suffering human beings may come back to home, back to Himself and cease to suffer the three-fold material pangs. The whole plan of creation is made in that way and anyone who does not come to his senses of going back to home back to Godhead, does suffer in the material world by pangs inflicted by the illusory Energy of the Lord. The lord wants, therefore, His bonafide representative may rule over the world. Lord Sri Krishna descended to establish this sort of regime over the world and to kill the unwanted persons who have nothing to do with the Lord's plan. The battle of Kurukshetra was fought under the plan of the Lord so that undesirable persons may get out of the world and a peaceful kingdom by His devotee may be established. The Lord was, therefore, fully satisfied when King Yudhisthir was on the throne and seedling of the dynasty of Kuru in the person of Maharaj Parikshit was saved.