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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 1, Ch. 17]
given protection. The human society should recognize the importance of the cow and the bull and thus give all protection to these important animals, following in the footsteps of Mahārāja Parīkṣit. By protecting the cow and brahminical culture, the Lord, who is very kind to the cow and the  brāhmaṇas  ( go-brāhmaṇa-hitāya ), will be pleased with us and will bestow upon us real peace.
TEXTS 10-11
यस्य राष्ट्रे प्रजाः सर्वास्त्रस्यन्ते साध्यसाधुभिः ।  
 तस्य मत्तस्य नश्यन्ति कीर्तिरायुर्भगो गतिः ॥१०॥  
 एष राज्ञां परो धर्मो द्यार्तानामार्तिनिग्रहः ।  
 अत एनं वधिध्यामि भूतदुहमसत्तमप् ॥११॥
yasya rāṣṭre prajāḥ sarvās 
    trasyante sādhvy asādhubhiḥ 
    tasya mattasya naśyanti 
    kīrtir āyur bhago gatiḥ
eṣa rājñām paro dharmo 
    hy ārtānām ārti-nigrahaḥ 
    ata enam vadhiṣyāmi 
    bhūta-druham asattamam
yasya —one whose;  rāṣṭre —in the state;  prajāḥ —living beings;  sarvāḥ —one and all;  trasyante —are terrified;  sādhvi —O chaste one;  asādhubhiḥ —by the miscreants;  tasya —his;  mattasya —of the illusioned;  naśyanti —vanishes;  kīrtiḥ —fame;  āyuḥ —duration of life;  bhagaḥ —fortune;  gatiḥ — good rebirth;  eṣa —these are;  rājñām —of the kings;  paraḥ —superior;  dharmaḥ —occupation;  hi —certainly;  ārtānām —of the sufferers;  ārti —sufferings;  nigrahaḥ —subdual;  ataḥ —therefore;  enam —this man;  vadhiṣyāmi —I shall kill;  bhūta-druham —revolter against other living beings;  asattamam —the most wretched.
TRANSLATION
O chaste one, the king's good name, duration of life and good rebirth vanish when all kinds of living beings are terrified by miscreants in his kingdom. It is certainly the prime duty of the king to subdue first the