अराजकभयं न्णां मन्यमाना महर्षयः ।
देहं ममन्थुः स्म निमेः कुमारः समजायत ॥१२॥

arÄjaka-bhayaá¹ ná¹á¹‡Äá¹
manyamÄnÄ mahará¹£ayaḥ
dehaṠmamanthuḥ sma nimeḥ
kumÄraḥ samajÄyata

 arÄjaka-bhayam - due to fear of the danger of an unregulated government; ná¹á¹‡Äm - for the people in general; manyamÄnÄḥ - considering this situation; mahÄ-ṛṣayaḥ - the great sages; deham - the body; mamanthuḥ - churned; sma - in the past; nimeḥ - of MahÄrÄja Nimi; kumÄraḥ - one son; samajÄyata - was thus born.


Text

Thereafter, to save the people from the danger of an unregulated government, the sages churned MahÄrÄja Nimi’s material body, from which, as a result, a son was born.

Purport

ArÄjaka-bhayam. If the government is unsteady and unregulated, there is danger of fear for the people. At the present moment this danger always exists because of government by the people. Here we can see that the great sages got a son from Nimi’s material body to guide the citizens properly, for such guidance is the duty of a ká¹£atriya king. A ká¹£atriya is one who saves the citizens from being injured. In the so-called people’s government there is no trained ká¹£atriya king; as soon as someone strong accumulates votes, he becomes the minister or president, without training from the learned brÄhmaṇas expert in the Å›Ästras. Indeed, we see that in some countries the government changes from party to party, and therefore the men in charge of the government are more eager to protect their position than to see that the citizens are happy. The Vedic civilization prefers monarchy. People liked the government of Lord RÄmacandra, the government of MahÄrÄja Yudhiṣṭhira and the governments of MahÄrÄja ParÄ«ká¹£it, MahÄrÄja AmbarÄ«á¹£a and MahÄrÄja PrahlÄda. There are many instances of excellent government under a monarch. Gradually the democratic government is becoming unfit for the needs of the people, and therefore some parties are trying to elect a dictator. A dictatorship is the same as a monarchy, but without a trained leader. Actually people will be happy when a trained leader, whether a monarch or a dictator, takes control of the government and rules the people according to the standard regulations of the authorized scriptures.