SB 1.17.1 (1965)
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT No. 1
- Sri Suta Uvaaha:
- Tatra Gomithunam raja hanyamana anathabat
- Dandahastam cha vrisalla dadrishe mripa lanchhanam.
ENGLISH SYNONYMS
Sri Suta uvacha—Sri Suta Goswami said, Tatra—thereupon, Gomithunam—the pair of cow and bull, Rajo—the king, Hanyamanam—being beaten by, Anathabat—appearing to be bereft of owner, Dandahastam—with logger in the hand, Cha—also, Vrisalam—lower caste Sudra, Dadrishe—observed, Nripa—king, Lahchhanam—dressed like.
TRANSLATION
Suta Goswami addressed the Rishis headed by Sounaka and said, 'After reaching the place Maharaj Parikshit observed it that a lower caste Sudra dressed like a king with logger in the hand was just beating a pair of cow and bull, as if they were bereft of the owner.'
PURPORT
Principal signs of the age Kali is that lower caste Sudras i,e. men, without any brahminical culture and spiritual initiation, would be dressed like the administrators or kings and the principal business of such non-Kshatriya rulers will be to kill the innocent animals specially the cows and the bull who shall be unprotected by their masters namely the bonafide Vaishyas or the merchantile community. In the Bhagawat Geeta (Bg. 18.44) it is said that the Vaishyas are meant for dealing in agriculture, cow protection and trade. In the age of Kali the degraded Vaishyas or the so called merchantile men are more engaged as supplying agent to the slaughter-houses than protecting the cow and the bull. The Kshatriyas are meant for protecting the human being citizens of the state while the Vaishyas are meant for protecting the cows and the bulls and utilise them in the matter of producing grains and milk. The cow is meant for delivering milk and the bull is meant for producing grains.* But in the age of Kali the Sudra-class men will be on the post of administrators and the cows and the bulls or the mother and the father without being protected by the Vaishyas will be subjected to be beaten in the slaughter-house organised by the lower caste administrators.