a stick. But he was always
remembering the instruction of Narada Muni to never bite. So, he wouldn`t bite.
But at one point it became very difficult to him. And he went back and told
Narada Muni, "You`ve instructed me not to bite and therefore I`ve stopped all
my biting. But now that everybody sees that I don`t bite, everybody mistreats
me and takes advantage of me." So, then Narada Muni instructed him. He said,
"When they do this to you, then make like you are going to bite and expand your
hood, but don`t bite." So, Prabhupad tells the story... He sais, that actually
that`s what Svayambuva Manu was instructing Dhruva Maharaja. "You`ve already
expanded your hood, you`ve already showed your prowess." There were hundred
thousand Yaksas and one Dhruva Maharaja. And Dhruva Maharaja had killed
thousands of them. And many of them also fled with their arms and legs severed
from their bodies by his arrows. So then they covered Dhruva Maharaja by some
illusory powers. And then they were preparing to attack again. And this time
Dhruva Maharaja was going to kill them all. And, therefore, Svayambhuva Manu
appeared and told him to stop. He said, "There is no need to kill them any
further." So, of course, Dhruva Maharaja was able to accept this instruction
from Svayambhuva Manu. And we also see in the example of Mrgari, he was also
able to accept the good instruction of Narada Muni. So, we see that such
saintly persons, they don`t want anyone to see unnecessarily suffer. If there
is no need for suffering, then why cause suffering. This is the symptom of a
sadhu. A sandhu is one, who does not want to see any living entity
unnecessarily suffering. And therefore he is friendly towards all living
beings. Titiksava karunika suhrda sarva dehinam ajata satrava santas sadhava
sadhu bhusana. Symptoms of a sadhu are that he is tolerant, he`s merciful and
he is friendly towards all living entities. Why is he this way? Because sadhu
sees things as they are. A sadhu is one who`s vision is perfect. And therefore
he`s one who actually sees things, always in relationship with Krsna. That is
his vision. A sadhu, or one who has such spiritual vision, he can establish the
true principles of religion at any circumstances. Because he sees all living
entities related to Krsna, he sees the source of suffering of all living
entities. And he knows how to administer the medicine to cure the living
entities from their suffering condition. So, such mahajans, they establish the
path of religion. They know, according to time place and circumstances, how to
correct the situation, when everythig is moving the wrong direction. A sadhu
sees how to change the course. Not only in somebody`s life. But a sadhu is one,
who can actually change the course of the world. One who has actually been
empowered by the Lord, he has the potency to actually change the whole course
of the world. Because he can see the degraded symptomes of Kali yuga, he sees
how people are addicted to sinful life, he sees how there is so much war and
suffering. Just like Prabhupad writes in his purports, he explains, why these
wars take place. These wars take place, because people slaughter animals. Just
like right now, in the world today, everybody is watching former Yugoslavia,
because now a war is accelerating there. And many many people are being killed.
And everyone is watching, what`s gonna happen, who`s gonna get dragged into
this war. Because gradually more and more people are getting involved, more and
more people are being killed. Now Russia is getting angry. Because the NATO
army began bombing. And the Russians are starting to threaten. They are
supporting one party. These things are going on! Today! They are going on. And
everybody is thinking, "We don`t want the war. We don`t want so many people
being killed." But why are they taking place? One who actually sees, he knows
why these wars take place. Although externally it may appear to be one
symptome, that there is so much hatred. And people are fighting with this
hatred, they want to kill. And others, they want to take possession of land,
they want to claim land and resources as their own. So, externally it appeares
that so many factors come into play. But one who actually sees, he knows why
actually those wars take place. Srila Prabhupad is describing right in the
pages of Srimad Bhagavatam, what is taking place today and why it is taking
place. That is the symptome of a sadhu. A sadhu has spiritual vision. He can
understand the actual cause of suffering. Because he sees the actual cause of
suffering. The sadhu is one who is always trying to go to the cause and not to
treat the symptoms. Materialists, they see so many causes. And they send their
representatives to go and to try to make peace. They see so many external
causes. And