Le Cow Quote Du Jour # 12

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TRANSLATION

Once, when Maharaja Pariksit was on his way to conquer the world, he saw the

master of Kali-yuga, who was lower than a sudra, disguised as a king and

hurting the legs of a cow and bull. The King at once caught hold of him to

deal sufficient punishment.

 

PURPORT

The purpose of a king's going out to conquer the world is not for

self-aggrandizement. Maharaja Pariksit went out to conquer the world after

his ascendance to the throne, but this was not for the purpose of aggression

on other states. He was the Emperor of the world, and all small states were

already under his regime. His purpose in going out was to see how things

were going on in terms of the godly state. The king, being the

representative of the Lord, has to execute the will of the Lord duly. There

is no question of self-aggrandizement. Thus as soon as Maharaja Pariksit saw

that a lower-class man in the dress of a king was hurting the legs of a cow

and a bull, at once he arrested and punished him. The king cannot tolerate

insults to the most important animal, the cow, nor can he tolerate

disrespect for the most important man, the brahmana. Human civilization

means to advance the cause of brahminical culture, and to maintain it, cow

protection is essential. There is a miracle in milk, for it contains all the

necessary vitamins to sustain human physiological conditions for higher

achievements. Brahminical culture can advance only when man is educated to

develop the quality of goodness, and for this there is a prime necessity of

food prepared with milk, fruits and grains. Maharaja Pariksit was astonished

to see that a black sudra, dressed like a ruler, was mistreating a cow, the

most important animal in human society.

 

The age of Kali means mismanagement and quarrel. And the root cause of all

mismanagement and quarrel is that worthless men with the modes of

lower-class men, who have no higher ambition in life, come to the helm of

the state management. Such men at the post of a king are sure to first hurt

the cow and the brahminical culture, thereby pushing all society towards

hell. Maharaja Pariksit, trained as he was, got the scent of this root cause

of all quarrel in the world. Thus he wanted to stop it in the very

beginning.

 

>>> Ref. VedaBase => SB 1.16.4