True devotion manifests as lamentation for worldly entanglement despite fulfilling one's dharmic duty.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.8.46 — May 8, 1973, Los Angeles 730508SB-LOS ANGELES [39:13 Minutes] SB-01.08.46_730508SB-LOS ANGELES Pradyumna: Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. [leads chanting of verse] [Prabhupāda and devotees repeat] vyāsādyair īśvarehājñaiḥ kṛṣṇenādbhuta-karmaṇā prabodhito 'pītihāsair nābudhyata śucārpitaḥ [SB 1.8.46] [break] vyāsa-ādyaiḥ—by great sages headed by Vyāsa; īśvara—the almighty God; īhā—by the will of; jñaiḥ—by the learned; kṛṣṇena—by Kṛṣṇa Himself; adbhuta-karmaṇā—by one who performs all superhuman work; prabodhitaḥ—being solaced; api—although; itihāsaiḥ—by evidences from the histories; na—not; abudhyata—satisfied; śucā arpitaḥ—distressed.
[03:07] Translation: "King Yudhiṣṭhira, who was much aggrieved, could not be convinced, despite instructions by great sages headed by Vyāsa and the Lord Kṛṣṇa Himself, the performer of superhuman feats, and despite all historical evidence." Prabhupāda: Hmm. So Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira was very much aggrieved. He was thinking, Vaiṣṇava, that "I am a petty king, and for giving me the throne, so many people have been killed." That is the greatest war within the recollection of five thousand years, Kurukṣetra, Battle of Kurukṣetra. What is this figures?
Six million, four hundred thousand people died in that battle. What is the statistics of the last war? How many people died? Is there any statistics? Devotee: Two million. Prabhupāda: Two million.
And here it is six million. Devotee: 640,000,000. Prabhupāda: Eh? Last war? Devotee: No, in Kurukṣetra, 640,000,000. Prabhupāda: Oh. Six hundred forty? Devotee: In the Bhagavad-gītā that you have published it was 640,000,000. Prabhupāda: Oh. So which is greater?
[laughter] Hare Kṛṣṇa. It is zero. It is a business of zero, add or subtract. So anyway, a very large number of people died, and Yudhiṣṭhira Mahārāja, because he is Vaiṣṇava, although he was kṣatriya...
Kṣatriya's business is to keep himself in power even by killing his own son. That is kṣatriya's business. Kṣatriya, when there is question of fight... Just like Bhīṣmadeva.
Bhīṣmadeva, grandfather of Arjuna, very affectionate grandfather... Because the Pāṇḍavas—Yudhiṣṭhira Mahārāja, Bhīma, Arjuna, Nakula, Sahadeva—when their father died they were small children. Naturally, Bhīṣma is the grandfather of the family, and he had to take care to raise the children. In one side he is grandfather, and he actually raised the children. So very affectionate, especially fatherless...