Text 7] Punishment and Reward of Kali 885
TRANSLATION

You rogue, do you dare beat an innocent cow because Lord Krsna and
Arjuna, the carrier of the Gandiva bow, are out of sight? Since you are
beating the innocent in a secluded place, you are considered a culprit and
therefore deserve to be killed.

PURPORT

In a civilization where God is conspicuously banished and there is no
devotee warrior like Arjuna, the associates of the age of Kali take advantage
of this lawless kingdom and arrange to kill innocent animals like the cow
in secluded slaughterhouses. Such murderers of animals stand to be
condemned to death by the order of a pious king like Maharaja Pariksit.
For a pious king, the culprit who kills an animal in a secluded place is
punishable by the death penalty, exactly like a murderer who kills an
innocent child in a secluded place.

TEXT 7

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TEM fF HAE a A: TLARTT 19 UI

tvam va mrnala-dhavalah
padair nyunah pada caran
vrsa-rupena kim kascid
devo nah parikhedayan

tvam— yourself; va—either;mrnala-dhavalah—as white as a lotus; padaih—
of three legs; nyunah—being deprived; pada—on one leg; caran—moving;
vrsa—bull; rupena—in the form of; kim—whether; kascit—someone; devah—
demigod; nah—us; parikhedayan—causing grief.

TRANSLATION

Then he [Maharaja Pariksit] asked the bull: O, who are you? Are you
a bull as white as a white lotus or demigod? You have lost your three legs
and are only moving on one. Are you some demigod causing us grief in the
form of a bull?
