SRIMAD BHAGAVATAM - Prabhupada

68Srbnad-Bhigavabun[Canto 7, Ch. 2sudayadhvam tapo-yajfiasvadhyaya-vrata-daninatdvat -as long as (I am engaged in the matter of killing Vi!?QU);yata-go; bhuvam-to the planet earth; yuyam-all of you; brahmak$atra-ofthe brahmaT)lJS and k$atriyas; samedhitdm -madeprosperous by the activities (brahminical culture and Vedic government);sudayadhvam-just destroy; tapa-the performers ofausterities; yajfia-sacrifices; svadhyaya-study of Vedic knowledge;vrata-the regulative vows; danina-and those giving charity.TRANSLATIONWhile I am engaged in the business of killing Lord Viu, godown to the planet earth, which is ftourishing due to brahminicalculture and a katriya government. These people engage inausterity, sacrifice, Vedic study, regulative vows, and charity.Destroy all the people thus engaged!PURPORTHiraQyakasipu's main purpose was to disturb the demigods. Heplanned first to kill Lord Vi!?QU so that with Lord Vi!?QU's death thedemigods would automatically weaken and die. Another of his plans wasto disturb the residents of the planet earth. The peace and prosperity ofthe residents of earth, and all the other planets, were maintained by thebrahmaT)lJS and k$atriyas. The Lord says in Bhagavad-gitd (4.13), ciiturvayammaya smam gur:w-karma-vibhaga.Sa: "According to the threemodes of material nature and the work ascribed to them, the four divisionsof human society were created by Me." On all the planets there aredifferent types of residents, but the Lord recommends, referring especiallyto the planet earth, which is inhabited by human beings, thatsociety be divided into four va-brahmar:w, k$atriya, vai.Sya andsudra. Before the advent of Lord Kr!?Qa on this earth, it is understoodthat the earth was managed by the brahmaT)lJS and k$atriyas. The duty ofthe brahmaT)lJS is to cultivate sama (peacefulness), dama (selfcontrol),titik$a (tolerance), satyam (truthfulness), saucam (cleanliness)and arjavam (simplicity), and then to advise the k$atriya kings how to