Text 27] Paraśurāma, the Lord's Warrior Incarnation
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TRANSLATION
Being puffed up by material power, Kārtavīryārjuna encouraged his men to steal Jamadagni's kāmadhenu. Thus the men forcibly took away the crying kāmadhenu, along with her calf, to Māhiṣmatī, Kārtavīryārjuna's capital.
PURPORT
The word  havirdhānīm  is significant in this verse.  Havirdhānīm  refers to a cow required for supplying  havis , or ghee, for the performance of ritualistic ceremonies in sacrifices. In human life, one should be trained to perform  yajñas . As we are informed in  Bhagavad-gītā  (3.9),  yajñārthāt karmaṇo 'nyatra loko 'yaṁ karma-bandhanaḥ : if we do not perform  yajña , we shall simply work very hard for sense gratification like dogs and hogs. This is not civilization. A human being should be trained to perform  yajña .  Yajñād bhavati parjanyaḥ . If  yajñas  are regularly performed, there will be proper rain from the sky, and when there is regular rainfall, the land will be fertile and suitable for producing all the necessities of life.  Yajña , therefore, is essential. For performing  yajña , clarified butter is essential, and for clarified butter, cow protection is essential. Therefore, if we neglect the Vedic way of civilization, we shall certainly suffer. So-called scholars and philosophers do not know the secret of success in life, and therefore they suffer in the hands of  prakṛti , nature ( prakṛteḥ kriyamāṇāni guṇaiḥ karmāṇi sarvaśaḥ ). Nonetheless, although they are forced to suffer, they think they are advancing in civilization ( ahaṅkāra-vimūḍhātmā kartāham iti manyate ). The Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is therefore meant to revive a mode of civilization in which everyone will be happy. This is the motive of our Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement.  Yajñe sukhena bhavantu .
TEXT 27
अथ राजनि नियते राम आश्रम आगतः । श्रुत्वा तत् तस्य दौरात्म्यं चुक्रोधाहिरिवाहतः ॥२७॥
atha rājani niryāte rāma āśrama āgataḥ śrutvā tat tasya daurātmyaṁ cukrodhāhir ivāhataḥ