Le Cow Quote Du Jour # 116

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TRANSLATION

Saunaka Rsi inquired: Why did Maharaja Pariksit simply punish him, since he

was the lowest of the sudras, having dressed as a king and having struck a

cow on the leg? Please describe all these incidents if they relate to the

topics of Lord Krsna.

 

PURPORT

Saunaka and the rsis were astonished to hear that the pious Maharaja

Pariksit simply punished the culprit and did not kill him. This suggests

that a pious king like Maharaja Pariksit should have at once killed an

offender who wanted to cheat the public by dressing like a king and at the

same time daring to insult the purest of the animals, a cow. The rsis in

those days, however, could not even imagine that in the advanced days of the

age of Kali the lowest of the sudras will be elected as administrators and

will open organized slaughterhouses for killing cows.

 

>>> Ref. VedaBase => SB 1.16.5