उत्तिष्ठोत्तिष्ठ राजर्षे इमामुदधिमेखलाम् ।
दस्युभ्यः क्षत्रबन्धुभ्यो बिभ्यतीं पातुमर्हसि ॥४८॥

uttiṣṭhottiṣṭha rÄjará¹£e
imÄm udadhi-mekhalÄm
dasyubhyaḥ kṣatra-bandhubhyo
bibhyatÄ«á¹ pÄtum arhasi

 uttiṣṭha - please get up; uttiṣṭha - please get up; rÄja-ṛṣe - O saintly king; imÄm - this earth; udadhi - by the ocean; mekhalÄm - surrounded; dasyubhyaḥ - from the rogues; ká¹£atra-bandhubhyaḥ - from the unclean kings; bibhyatÄ«m - very much afraid; pÄtum - to protect; arhasi - you ought.


Text

O best of kings, please get up! Get up! Just see this world surrounded by water and infested with rogues and so-called kings. This world is very much afraid, and it is your duty to protect her.

Purport

Whenever an ÄcÄrya comes, following the superior orders of the Supreme Personality of Godhead or His representative, he establishes the principles of religion, as enunciated in Bhagavad-gÄ«tÄ. Religion means abiding by the orders of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Religious principles begin from the time one surrenders to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. It is the ÄcÄrya’s duty to spread a bona fide religious system and induce everyone to bow down before the Supreme Lord. One executes the religious principles by rendering devotional service, specifically the nine items like hearing, chanting and remembering. Unfortunately, when the ÄcÄrya disappears, rogues and nondevotees take advantage and immediately begin to introduce unauthorized principles in the name of so-called svÄmÄ«s, yogÄ«s, philanthropists, welfare workers and so on. Actually, human life is meant for executing the orders of the Supreme Lord, and this is stated in Bhagavad-gÄ«tÄ (9.34):

man-manÄ bhava mad-bhakto
 mad-yÄjÄ« mÄá¹ namaskuru
mÄm evaiá¹£yasi yuktvaivam
 ÄtmÄnaá¹ mat-parÄyaṇaḥ

“Engage your mind always in thinking of Me and become My devotee. Offer obeisances and worship Me. Being completely absorbed in Me, surely you will come to Me.â€

The main business of human society is to think of the Supreme Personality of Godhead at all times, to become His devotees, to worship the Supreme Lord and to bow down before Him. The ÄcÄrya, the authorized representative of the Supreme Lord, establishes these principles, but when he disappears, things once again become disordered. The perfect disciples of the ÄcÄrya try to relieve the situation by sincerely following the instructions of the spiritual master. At the present moment practically the entire world is afraid of rogues and nondevotees; therefore this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is started to save the world from irreligious principles. Everyone should cooperate with this movement in order to bring about actual peace and happiness in the world.