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to be recited at the time of catthing and releasing the sastras
(123.97,98).
The Br. P. lays emphasis on the moral discipline of
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the king. A king has to rule righteously.
-most duty of the king was considered to be the protection of the
subject. The Br. P. also joins in the same view (104.62). The
Br. Purana further provides the description of kings which shows
how highly the moral qualities were valued in a king. Thus it
says that in krtayuga, a king Sveta ruled for a thousand years
observing the worldly and laukika dharmas and performing vratas.
He was very brave, intelligent, righteous and truthful (59.6,7,26).
There was another king Indradyumna in the krtayuga who was very
holy, clever, proficient in all the sastras, beautiful and sweet-
speaking. He was terrible for the enemies and was as unbear-
able as the Sun. He performed many sacrifices and was proficient
in Sankhya, Yoga and Dhanurveda. He was a great Vaisnava and
established the idols of lord krsna, Balarama and Subhadra after
constructing a temple in their honour at the Purusottamaksetra.
He protected the people as his own children. This shows what a
high ideal the king placed before his subjects. He was an expert
and his reign was very prosperous
in holding all the weapons/(43.1-13), (44.1-8), While eulo-
gising Prthu, it is said that the mountains gave him the way and
never broke the banner of his chariot. By mere thinking, he was
able to produce the corn. In his honour the sutas and the