- yad yad ācarati śreyān
- itaras tat tad īhate
- sa yat pramāṇaṁ kurute
- lokas tad anuvartate
- (SB 6.2.4)
Very important verse. Ideal class of men therefore needed in the society. Therefore Vedic society is divided, ideal men: the brāhmaṇas. Brāhmaṇa, kṣatriya, vaiśya, śūdra. The brāhmaṇa, the saintly person, the sannyāsī, the rājarṣi, this is required. Imaṁ rājarṣayo viduḥ (BG 4.2). In the Bhagavad-gītā it is said that the Bhagavad-gītā was taught to the rājarṣi, not to the third-class men. Rājarṣi: rāja and ṛṣi at the same time. Although king, but they were saintly king, just like Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira, the ideal king. Bhagavān, Rāmacandra, the ideal king. Ideal king, so ideal that because some citizen criticized that "Lord Rāmacandara, King Rāmacandra, has accepted His wife who was kidnapped by Rāvaṇa," and he was a low-class man, a washerman, and still, the King, Lord Rāmacandra, thought that "My citizens are criticizing Me." Immediately He separated, Lakṣmī-devi, Sītā. This is ideal king, no criticism from the citizen, even Lord Rāmacandra. This is called rājarṣi.
Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira, Mahārāja Parīkṣit. . . Parīkṣit Mahārāja was going on his tour. These Pāṇḍavas, they were the emperor of the whole world. So, he saw that a black man was trying to kill a cow. So immediately he took action: "Who is this man trying to kill cow?" So he chastised him, punished him. He was going to kill him, but he saved himself, that "This is my time. I am Kali-yuga. I am the representative. So this is my business, to kill cow. So what can I do?" Then he said that "You better get out. Otherwise I shall kill you." "So where shall I go?" "Now, out of my kingdom." "Then where is not your kingdom? The whole world is your kingdom. Where shall I go? I am also your subject. You must give me a place." Then he gave him the places—striyaḥ sūnā pānaṁ dyūtaṁ yatra pāpas catur-vidhaḥ: "You can remain in four places: where illicit sex is indulged, prostitution, you can remain there; and sūnā," means unnecessarily killing animals, slaughterhouse, "you can remain there. And brothel and liquor house," striyaḥ sūnā pāna, "where intoxication is indulged, you can remain there. And gambling," pāna dyūta (SB 1.17.38). Dyūta means gambling. "You can remain in these places."
So it was very difficult for Kali to find out such place, because Mahārāja Parīkṣit's time the kingdom was so nice that there was no brothel, no slaughterhouse, no liquor shop and no gambling club. This is rājarṣi. So you could not find. Therefore Kali made a conspiracy how to get out Mahārāja Parīkṣit so that he could spread his influence. So long Mahārāja Parīkṣit was there, there was no influence of Kali-yuga. So after all, the age has come. It is ordained. So Parīkṣit Mahārāja was cursed by a brāhmaṇa to die within seven days, and after his death the Kali-yuga spreaded its influence. And now, by the advancement of ages, you will find these four places in every home. This is. . . Illicit sex and intoxication, gambling and meat-eating—this is Kali-yuga.