बलिं तस्मै हरन्त्यग्रे राजानः पृथवे यथा ॥३६॥
vijayÄbhimukho rÄjÄ
Å›rutvaitad abhiyÄti yÄn
baliá¹ tasmai haranty agre
rÄjÄnaḥ pá¹›thave yathÄ
vijaya-abhimukhaḥ - one who is about to start for victory; rÄjÄ - king; Å›rutvÄ - hearing; etat - this; abhiyÄti - starts; yÄn - on the chariot; balim - taxes; tasmai - unto him; haranti - present; agre - before; rÄjÄnaḥ - other kings; pá¹›thave - unto King Pá¹›thu; yathÄ - as it was done.
If a king, who is desirous of attaining victory and ruling power, chants the narration of Pá¹›thu MahÄrÄja three times before going forth on his chariot, all subordinate kings will automatically render all kinds of taxes unto him — as they rendered them unto MahÄrÄja Pá¹›thu — simply upon his order.
Since a ká¹£atriya king naturally desires to rule the world, he wishes to make all other kings subordinate to him. This was also the position many years ago when Pá¹›thu MahÄrÄja was ruling over the earth. At that time he was the only emperor on this planet. Even five thousand years ago, MahÄrÄja Yudhiá¹£á¹hira and MahÄrÄja ParÄ«ká¹£it were the sole emperors of this planet. Sometimes the subordinate kings rebelled, and it was necessary for the emperor to go and chastise them. This process of chanting the narrations of the life and character of Pá¹›thu MahÄrÄja is recommended for conquering kings if they want to fulfill their desire to rule the world.
