884 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 1, Ch. 17
PURPORT

The brahmanas, ksatriyas and vaisyas are called twice-born because for
these higher classes of men there is one birth by parental conjugation and
there is another birth of cultural rejuvenation by spiritual initiation from
the bona fide acarya or spiritual master. So a ksatriya is also twice-born
like a brahmana, and his duty is to give protection to the helpless. The
ksatriya king is considered to be the representative of God to give
protection to the helpless and chastise the miscreants. Whenever there are
anomalies in thisroutine work by the administrators, there is an incarnation
of the Lord to reestablish the principles of a godly kingdom. In the age of
Kali, the poor helpless animals, especially the cows, which are meant to
receive all sorts of protection from the administrative heads, are killed
without restriction. Thus the administrative heads, under whose nose such
things happen, are so-called representatives of God. Such powerful
administrators are rulers of the poor citizens by dress or office only, but
factually they are worthless, lower class men without the cultural assets
of the twice-born. No one can expect justice or equality of treatment from
once-born (without spiritual culture) lower class men. Therefore in the age
of Kali everyone is unhappy due to the maladministration of the state.
The modern human society is not twice-born by spiritual culture. There-
fore the people’s government, by the people who are not twice-born, must
be a government of Kali in which everyone is unhappy.

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Sel TH Tt HIE TTT |
FPNS AMET TEA HET THEA t & A

yas tvam krsne gate duram
saha gandiva-dhanvana

Socyo ’sy asocyan rahasi
praharan vadham arhasi

yah—on account of; tuam—you rogue; krsne—Lord Krsna; gate—having
gone away; duram—out of sight; saha—along with; gandiva—the bow named
Gandiva; dhanvana—the carrier; socyah—culprit; asi— you are considered;
asocyan—innocent; rahasi—in a secluded place; praharan—beating; vadham—
to be killed; arhasi— deserve.
