rÄjovÄca
na te guá¸ÄkeÅ›a-yaÅ›o-dharÄṇÄá¹
baddhÄñjaler vai bhayam asti kiñcit
na vartitavyaá¹ bhavatÄ kathañcana
kṣetre madīye tvam adharma-bandhuḥ
rÄjÄ uvÄca - the King said; na - not; te - your; guá¸ÄkeÅ›a - Arjuna; yaÅ›aḥ-dharÄṇÄm - of us who inherited the fame; baddha-añjaleḥ - one with folded hands; vai - certainly; bhayam - fear; asti - there is; kiñcit - even a slight; na - neither; vartitavyam - can be allowed to live; bhavatÄ - by you; kathañcana - by all means; ká¹£etre - in the land; madÄ«ye - in my kingdom; tvam - you; adharma-bandhuḥ - the friend of irreligion.
The personality of Kali, who is the friend of all kinds of irreligiosities, may be excused if he surrenders, but in all circumstances he cannot be allowed to live as a citizen in any part of a welfare state. The PÄṇá¸avas were entrusted representatives of the Personality of Godhead, Lord Kṛṣṇa, who practically brought into being the Battle of Kuruká¹£etra, but not for any personal interest. He wanted an ideal king like MahÄrÄja Yudhiá¹£á¹hira and his descendants like MahÄrÄja ParÄ«ká¹£it to rule the world, and therefore a responsible king like MahÄrÄja ParÄ«ká¹£it could not allow the friend of irreligiosity to flourish in his kingdom at the cost of the good fame of the PÄṇá¸avas. That is the way of wiping out corruption in the state, and not otherwise. The friends of irreligiosity should be banished from the state, and that will save the state from corruption.