230 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Antya-lila, Ch. 3
TRANSLATION
One day Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu met Haridasa Thakura as usual, and in
the course of discussion He inquired as follows.
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“afawin, Siersice VA BA |
catl-atencs Fecal Bem FAl QaSTA U ce Ui
“haridasa, kali-kale yavana apdara
go-brahmane hirnsa kare maha durdcara
SYNONYMS
haridasa—My dear Haridasa; kali-kale—in this age of Kali; yavana—demons
against the Vedic principles; apara—unlimited; go-brahmane—cows and
brahminical culture; hirnsé kare—do violence against; maha duracara—extremely
fallen.
TRANSLATION
“My dear Thakura Haridasa, in this age of Kali most people are bereft of
Vedic culture, and therefore they are called yavanas. They are concerned only
with killing cows and brahminical culture. In this way they all engage in sinful
acts.
PURPORT
From this statement by $ri Caitanya Mahaprabhu we can clearly understand
that the word yavana does not refer only to a particular class of men. Anyone who
is against the behavior of the Vedic principles is called a yavana. Such a yavana
may be in India or outside of India. As described here, the symptom of yavanas is
that they are violent killers of cows and brahminical culture. We offer our prayers
to the Lord by saying, namo brahmanya-devaya go-brahmana-hitaya ca. The Lord
is the maintainer of brahminical culture. His first concern is to see to the benefit of
cows and brahmanas. As soon as human civilization turns against brahminical
culture and allows unrestricted killing of cows, we should understand that men
are no longer under the control of the Vedic culture but are all yavanas and mlec-
chas. It is said that the Krsna consciousness movement will be prominent within
the next ten thousand years, but after that people will all become mlecchas and
yavanas. Thus at the end of the yuga, Krsna will appear as the Kalki avatara and kill
them without consideration.
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Sain CHI ACG SACA fasta ?
SRIF CRY A CHACHA, —G Bet HAT wed
