SRIMAD BHAGAVATAM - Prabhupada

Text 12] Hiryaka8ipu, King of the Demons 73"0 King, the demons think that Hari, Lord Vi?QU, exists because of thebriihma1J-(JS and yajfi.a, hut factually Hari is the cause of everything includingthe brahmalJaS and yajna." Therefore, through the popularizingof hari-kirtana, or the sankirtana movement, the hrahminical cultureand k§atriya government will automatically come hack, and people willhe extremely happy.TEXT 12'JI•diti4C:ij ij Q1q4ij IIyatra yatra dvija gavoveda van:ulSrama-kriyatam tam janapadam yatasandipayata vrscatayatra yatra-wherever; dvija-the brahma1J-(JS; gaoo-the protectedcows; vedti-the Vedic culture; 0011Ul-tiSrama-of the Aryancivilization of four varlJaS and four asramas; kriya-the activities; tamtam-that; jana-padam-to the city or town; yata-go; sandipayatasetfire; vrscata-cut down (all the trees).TRANSLATIONImmediately go wherever there is good protection for the cowsand hrihmai].as and wherever the Vedas are studied in terms of thevarrama principles. Set fire to those places and cut from theroots the trees there, which are the source of life.PURPORTThe picture of a proper human civilization is indirectly describedhere. In a perfect human civilization there must he a class of men fullytrained as perfect brahmalJaS. Similarly, there must he atriyas to rulethe country very nicely according to the injunctions of the sdstras, andthere must he vaiSyas who can protect the cows. The word gava indicatesthat cows should he given protection. Because the Vedic civilizationis lost, cows are not protected, hut instead indiscriminately killed inslaughterhouses. Such are the acts of demons. Therefore this is a