Text 27] Parasurama, the Lord’s Warrior Incarnation 233

TRANSLATION

Being puffed up by material power, Kartaviryarjuna encouraged
his men to steal Jamadagni’s kamadhenu. Thus the men forcibly
took away the crying kamadhenu, along with her calf, to
Mahismati, Kartaviryarjuna’s capital.

PURPORT

The word havirdhanim is significant in this verse. Havirdhanim
refers to a cow required for supplying havis, or ghee, for the perfor-
mance of ritualistic ceremonies in sacrifices. In human life, one should
be trained to perform yajrias. As we are informed in Bhagavad-gita
(3.9), yajriarthat karmano ’nyatra loko ’yarh karma-bandhanah: if we
do not perform yajfia, we shall simply work very hard for sense grati-
fication like dogs and hogs. This is not civilization. A human being
should be trained to perform yajria. Yajfidd bhavati parjanyah. If yajias
are regularly performed, there will be proper rain from the sky, and
when there is regular rainfall, the land will be fertile and suitable for
producing all the necessities of life. Yajra, therefore, is essential. For
performing yajfa, clarified butter is essential, and for clarified butter,
cow protection is essential. Therefore, if we neglect the Vedic way of
civilization, we shall certainly suffer. So-called scholars and philosophers
do not know the secret of success in life, and therefore they suffer in the
hands of prakrti, nature (prakrteh kriyamanéni gunaih karméni
sarvasah). Nonetheless, although they are forced to suffer, they think
they are advancing in civilization (ahankdra-vimadhatmé kartaham iti
manyate). The Krsna consciousness movement is therefore meant to
revive a mode of civilization in which everyone will be happy. This is the
motive of our Krsna consciousness movement. Yaje sukhena bhavantu.

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atha rdjani niryate
rdma asrama dgatah
Srutva tat tasya daurdtmyam

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