Saturday 28 March 2009

Modern Leaders


Therefore if we want a happy and tranquil political situation, we must select leaders who eat Krishna prasadam. Otherwise the leaders will eat meat and drink wine, and thus they will be Asamskrtah, unreformed, and Kriya-hinah, devoid of spiritual behavior. In other words, they will be mlecchas and yavanas, or men who are unclean in their habits. Through taxation, such men exploit the citizens as much as possible, and in this way they devour the citizens of the state instead of benefiting them. We therefore cannot expect a government to be efficient if it is headed by such unclean mlecchas and yavanas.


Caitanya Caritamrita


Antya Lila 1.92


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