SB 1.17.5 (1965)
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT No. 5
- Kas tam mat sharane loke valat hansi avalan vali
- Naradeva asi vesena natavat karmana adwijah.
ENGLISH SYNONYMS
Kas—who are, Tam—you, Mat—my, Sharane—under protection, Loke—in this world, Valat—by force, Hansi—killing, Avalan—those who are helpless, Vali—although full of strength, Naradeva—Manly god, Asi—appear to be, Vesena—by the dress, Natavat—like a theatrical player, Karmana—by deeds, Adwijah—a man not born twice by culture.
TRANSLATION
Oh who are you ? You appear to be strong enough and still you dare to kill, within my protection, those who are helpless ? By dress you pose to be a manly god (King) but by your deeds you are against the principles of the twice born Kshatriya.
PURPORT
The Brahmins, Kshatriyas and Vaishyas are called twice-born because for these higher class of men there is one birth by parental conjugation and there is another birth of cultural rejuvination by spiritual initiation from the bonafide Acharya or spiritual master. So Kshatirya is also a twice-born like the Brahmin and his duty is to give protection to the helpless. The Kahatrya king is considered to be the manly-God or representative of God for giving protection to the helpless and chastising the miscreants. Whenever there is anomalies in this routine work by the administrators there is incarnation of the Lord for re-establishing the principles of Godly kingdom. In the age of Kali the poor helpless animals specially the cow which is meant for receiving all sorts of protection by the administrative heads, are killed without any restriction. As such the administrative heads under whose nose such things happen, are so called representatives of God. Such powerful administrators are rulers of the poor citizens by dress or office only, but factually they are worthless lower class of men without any cultural assets of the twice-born. Nobody can expect any justice or equality of treatment from such once-born (without any spiritual culture) lower class of men and therefore in the age of Kali everyone is unhappy on account maladministration of the state. The modern human society are not twice-born by spiritual culture. Therefore the people's Government, by the people who are not twice-born,-must be government of Kali in which everyone is unhappy.