Text 9] Punishment and Reward of Kali 887
TEXT 9
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MH UIT AKT Tovar AT TAT US Ut
ma saurabheyatra suco
vyetu te ursalad bhayam
ma rodir amba bhadram te
khalanam mayi sastari
ma—do not; saurabheya—O son of Surabhi; atra—in my kingdom;
Sucah—lamentation; vyetu—let there be no; te—your; ursalat—by the sudra;
bhayam—cause of fear; ma—do not; rodih—cry; amba—mother cow;
bhadram—all good; te—unto you; khalanam—of the envious; mayi—while |
am living; sastari—the ruler or subduer.
TRANSLATION
O son of Surabhi, you need lament no longer now. There is no need
to fear this low-class sudra. And, O mother cow, as long as I am living as
the ruler and subduer of all envious men, there is no cause for you to cry.
Everything will be good for you.
PURPORT
Protection of bulls and cows and all other animals can only be possible
when there is a state ruled by an executive head like Maharaja Pariksit.
Maharaja Pariksit addresses the cow as mother for he is a cultured twice-
born ksatriya king. Surabhi is the name of the cows which exist in the
spiritual planets and are especially reared by Lord Sri Krsna Himself. As
men are made after the form and features of the Supreme Lord, so also
the cows are made after the form and features of the surabhi cows in the
spiritual kingdom. In the material world the human society gives all
protection to the human being, but there is no law to protect the descen-
dants of Surabhi who can give all protection to men by supplying the
miracle food milk. But Maharaja Pariksit and the Pandavas were fully
conscious of the importance of the cow and bull, and they were prepared
to punish the cow-killer with all chastisement, including death. There has
sometimes been agitation for the protection of the cow, but for want of
pious executive heads and suitable laws, the cow and the bull are not
