Text 12] Hiranyakaéipu, King of the Demons 73
“O King, the demons think that Hari, Lord Visnu, exists because of the
brahmanas and yajra, but factually Hari is the cause of everything in-
cluding the brahmanas and yajria.” Therefore, through the popularizing
of hari-kirtana, or the sankirtana movement, the brahminical culture
and ksatriya government will automatically come back, and people will
be extremely happy.
TEXT 12
wa aa feo aT Aa ATTA: |
TT TAT TWA AANA FAT NAM
yatra yatra dua gavo
veda varnésrama-kriyah
tar tar janapadam yata
sandipayata vrscata
yatra yatra—wherever; dviyjah—the bradhmanas; gavah—the pro-
tected cows; vedah—the Vedic culture; varna-dsrama—of the Aryan
civilization of four varnas and four Gsramas; kriyah—the activities; tam
tam—that; jana-padam—to the city or town; yata—go; sandipayata—
set fire; vrscata—cut down (all the trees).
TRANSLATION
Immediately go wherever there is good protection for the cows
and brahmanas and wherever the Vedas are studied in terms of the
varnasrama principles. Set fire to those places and cut from the
roots the trees there, which are the source of life.
PURPORT
The picture of a proper human civilization is indirectly described
here. In a perfect human civilization there must be a class of men fully
trained as perfect bradhmanas. Similarly, there must be ksatriyas to rule
the country very nicely according to the injunctions of the sdstras, and
there must be vaisyas who can protect the cows. The word gavah indi-
cates that cows should be given protection. Because the Vedic civilization
is lost, cows are not protected, but instead indiscriminately killed in
slaughterhouses. Such are the acts of demons. Therefore this is a
