Text 44] Instructions by Maharaja Prthu 875
certainly ;sampadah—all opulences;prasidatam—be pleased upon; brahma-
kulam—the brahmana class; gavam—the cows; ca—and; janardanah—the
Supreme Personality of Godhead; sa—with; anucarah—along with His
devotee; ca—and; mahyam—upon me.

TRANSLATION

Whoever acquires the brahminical qualifications—whose only wealth is
good behavior, who is grateful and who takes shelter of experienced per-
sons—gets all the opulence of the world. I therefore wish that the Supreme
Personality of Godhead and His associates will be pleased with the
brahmana class, with the cows and with me.

PURPORT

The Supreme Personality of Godhead is worshiped with the prayer
namo brahmanya-devaya go-brahmana-hitaya ca. Thus it is clear that the
Supreme Personality of Godhead respects and protects the brahmanas and
brahminical culture as well as the cows; in other words, wherever there are
brahmanas and brahminical culture, there are cows and cow protection. In
a society or civilization in which there are no brahmanas or brahminical
culture, cows are treated as ordinary animals and slaughtered at the sacri-
fice of human civilization. The specific mention of the word gavam by
Prthu Maharaja is significant because the Lord is always associated with
cows and His devotees. In pictures Lord Krsna is always seen with cows and
His associates such as the cowherd boys and the gopis. Krsna, the Supreme
Personality of Godhead, cannot be alone. Therefore Prthu Maharaja said,
sanucaras ca, indicating that the Supreme Personality of Godhead is always
associated with His followers and devotees.

A devotee acquires all the good qualities of the demigods; he is
gundyanam, the reservoir of all good qualities. His only asset is good be-
havior, and he is grateful. Gratitude for the mercy of the Supreme Person-
ality of Godhead is one of the qualities of brahmanas and Vaisnavas. Every-
one should feel grateful to the Supreme Personality of Godhead because
He is maintaining all living entities and supplying all their necessities. As
stated in the Vedas, eko bahunam yo vidadhati kaman: the Supreme One
is supplying all necessities to the living entities (Katha Up. 2.2.13). The
living entity who is therefore grateful to the Supreme Personality of God-
head is certainly qualified with good characteristics.

The word urddhasrayam is very significant in this verse. Vrddha refers to
one who is advanced in knowledge. There are two kinds of old men—he
who is advanced in years and he who is experienced in knowledge. One
