Sinful civilization restricts God's abundance; only Krishna consciousness restores prosperity and divine grace.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.3.14 — September 19, 1972, Los Angeles 720919SB-LOS ANGELES [30:26 Minutes] SB-01.03.14_720919SB-LOS ANGELES Prabhupāda: [Govindam prayers playing; sings along] [leads singing of Jaya Rādhā-Mādhava] [prema-dhvani] Thank you very much.
Devotees: All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda. [obeisances] [05:30] [break] Pradyumna: ...lation: "O brāhmaṇas, the ninth incarnation of the Lord, prayed for by sages, was King Pṛthu, who cultivated the land to yield various produces, and for that reason the earth was beautiful and attractive." [SB 1.3.14]
Prabhupāda: So this refers to King Pṛthu, Mahārāja Pṛthu. So his father's name was King Veṇa. And his father's name was... I don't remember.
Perhaps Aṅga, like that. So the Veṇa's father married one woman, she was the daughter of Death; means the family was not very good. So as a result of this marriage, a son was born whose name was Veṇa, who came out to be first-class rogue. So the father of Veṇa wanted to reform him in so many ways, but he could not.
The son was not to be corrected. So the father became disgusted, and one day he left home without any knowledge of the family members or the officers and king. He left. Then the great sages and brāhmaṇas, because without king there was irregularities in the kingdom...
Just like we have got experience: if there is no good government, strong government, the rogues, thieves, smugglers and so many other disrupting elements, they will grow. Because they are always existing. They find out the opportunity. As soon as there is some revolution, political upsurge, or mismanagement of the government, these undesirable elements, they come out.
So when the father of Veṇa Mahārāja left home, the kingdom became unruly. Therefore the sages and saintly persons, they asked the queen that "Your son, although he is worthless, so let him become king. There must be some king." So this Veṇa was made king by the desire of the saintly person. The significance is that formerly the brāhmaṇas, the kṣatriyas, the vaiśyas and the śūdras, these four departments, they must remain.