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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 7, Ch. 2]
sūdayadhvaṁ tapo-yajña- svādhyāya-vrata-dāninaḥ
tāvat —as long as (I am engaged in the matter of killing Viṣṇu);  yāta —go;  bhuvam —to the planet earth;  yūyam —all of you;  brahma-kṣatra —of the  brāhmaṇas  and  kṣatriyas ;  samedhitām —made prosperous by the activities (brahminical culture and Vedic government);  sūdayadhvam —just destroy;  tapaḥ —the performers of austerities;  yajña —sacrifices;  svādhyāya —study of Vedic knowledge;  vrata —the regulative vows;  dāninaḥ —and those giving charity.
TRANSLATION
While I am engaged in the business of killing Lord Viṣṇu, go down to the planet earth, which is flourishing due to brahminical culture and a kṣatriya government. These people engage in austerity, sacrifice, Vedic study, regulative vows, and charity. Destroy all the people thus engaged!
PURPORT
Hiraṇyakaśipu's main purpose was to disturb the demigods. He planned first to kill Lord Viṣṇu so that with Lord Viṣṇu's death the demigods would automatically weaken and die. Another of his plans was to disturb the residents of the planet earth. The peace and prosperity of the residents of earth, and all the other planets, were maintained by the  brāhmaṇas  and  kṣatriyas . The Lord says in  Bhagavad-gītā  (4.13),  cātur-varṇyaṁ mayā sṛṣṭaṁ guṇa-karma-vibhāgaśaḥ : "According to the three modes of material nature and the work ascribed to them, the four divisions of human society were created by Me." On all the planets there are different types of residents, but the Lord recommends, referring especially to the planet earth, which is inhabited by human beings, that society be divided into four  varṇas — brāhmaṇa ,  kṣatriya ,  vaiśya  and  śūdra . Before the advent of Lord Kṛṣṇa on this earth, it is understood that the earth was managed by the  brāhmaṇas  and  kṣatriyas . The duty of the  brāhmaṇas  is to cultivate  śamaḥ  (peacefulness),  damaḥ  (self-control),  titikṣā  (tolerance),  satyam  (truthfulness),  śaucam  (cleanliness) and  ārjavam  (simplicity), and then to advise the  kṣatriya  kings how to