Yamaraja's vultures will tear apart neglectful guardians

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"COM: Madhava Gosh (das) ACBSP (New Vrindavan - USA)" wrote:

 

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> > Thus I find trying to speak of Krishna more practical for me

> > than speaking of cow protection or any other thing in the category of aropa

> > siddhi bhakti.

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> How is cow protection not related to Krishna? He was a cowherd boy.

 

Thank you, Madhava Gosh prabhu, for correcting this common mistake. In one

sense, other religions are poverty stricken because they do not acknowledge

that

cow protection is essential for spiritual progress. But, members of ISKCON

should not be poverty stricken in this regard, because Srila Prabhupada has

informed us that it is not possible to make spiritual advancement without

protecting the cows. The Bhagavatam backs him up completely.

 

I am also sending a blind copy of this to "cow" and the women's conference so

that they will see the quote without being cluttered with our subsequent

comments. Devotees who wish to discuss this further are welcomed to join the

varnasrama conference.

 

your servant,

 

Hare Krsna dasi

 

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The brahmanas, the cows and the defenseless creatures are My own body. Those

whose faculty of judgment has been impaired by their own sin look upon these as

distinct from Me. They are just like furious serpents, and they are angrily

torn

apart by the bills of the vulturelike messengers of Yamaraja, the

superintendent

of sinful persons.

PURPORT

The defenseless creatures, according to Brahma-samhita, are the cows,

brahmanas,

women, children and old men. Of these five, the brahmanas and cows are

especially

mentioned in this verse because the Lord is always anxious about the benefit of

the brahmanas and the cows and is prayed to in this way. The Lord especially

instructs, therefore, that no one should be envious of these five, especially

the

cows and brahmanas. In some of the Bhagavatam readings, the word duhitrh is

used

instead of duhatih. But in either case, the meaning is the same. Duhatih means

“cow,” and duhitrh can also be used to mean “cow” because the cow is supposed

to

be the daughter of the sun-god. Just as children are taken care of by the

parents, women as a class should be taken care of by the father, husband or

grown-up son.

Those who are helpless must be taken care of by their respective guardians,

otherwise the guardians will be subjected to the punishment of Yamaraja, who is

appointed by the Lord to supervise the activities of sinful living creatures.

The

assistants, or messengers, of Yamaraja are likened here to vultures, and those

who do not execute their respective duties in protecting their wards are

compared

to serpents. Vultures deal very seriously with serpents, and similarly the

messengers will deal very seriously with neglectful guardians.

SB 3.16.11

 

 

============ REF. SB 3.16.11