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Instructions by Mahārāja Pṛthu
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certainly;  sampadaḥ —all opulences;  prasīdatām —be pleased upon;  brahma-kulam —the  brāhmaṇa  class;  gavām —the cows;  ca —and;  janārdanaḥ —the Supreme Personality of Godhead;  sa —with;  anucaraḥ —along with His devotee;  ca —and;  mahyam —upon me.
TRANSLATION
Whoever acquires the brahminical qualifications—whose only wealth is good behavior, who is grateful and who takes shelter of experienced persons—gets all the opulence of the world. I therefore wish that the Supreme Personality of Godhead and His associates will be pleased with the  brāhmaṇa  class, with the cows and with me.
PURPORT
The Supreme Personality of Godhead is worshiped with the prayer  namo brahmaṇya-devāya go-brāhmaṇa-hitāya ca . Thus it is clear that the Supreme Personality of Godhead respects and protects the  brāhmaṇas  and brahminical culture as well as the cows; in other words, wherever there are  brāhmaṇas  and brahminical culture, there are cows and cow protection. In a society or civilization in which there are no  brāhmaṇas  or brahminical culture, cows are treated as ordinary animals and slaughtered at the sacrifice of human civilization. The specific mention of the word  gavām  by Pṛthu Mahārāja is significant because the Lord is always associated with cows and His devotees. In pictures Lord Kṛṣṇa is always seen with cows and His associates such as the cowherd boys and the  gopīs . Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, cannot be alone. Therefore Pṛthu Mahārāja said,  sānucaraś ca , indicating that the Supreme Personality of Godhead is always associated with His followers and devotees.
A devotee acquires all the good qualities of the demigods; he is  guṇāyanam , the reservoir of all good qualities. His only asset is good behavior, and he is grateful. Gratitude for the mercy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead is one of the qualities of  brāhmaṇas  and Vaiṣṇavas. Everyone should feel grateful to the Supreme Personality of Godhead because He is maintaining all living entities and supplying all their necessities. As stated in the  Vedas ,  eko bahūnām yo vidadhāti kāmān : the Supreme One is supplying all necessities to the living entities ( Kaṭha Up. 2.2.13 ). The living entity who is therefore grateful to the Supreme Personality of Godhead is certainly qualified with good characteristics.
The word  vṛddhāśrayam  is very significant in this verse.  Vṛddha  refers to one who is advanced in knowledge. There are two kinds of old men—he who is advanced in years and he who is experienced in knowledge. One