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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.17.13
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 13
- ākhyāhi vṛṣa bhadraṁ vaḥ
- sādhūnām akṛtāgasām
- ātma-vairūpya-kartāraṁ
- pārthānāṁ kīrti-dūṣaṇam
ākhyāhijust let me know — just let me know; vṛṣaO bull — O bull; bhadramgood — good; vaḥfor you — for you; sādhūnāmof the honest — of the honest; akṛtaof those who are offenseless-āgasāmof those who are offenseless — of those who are offenseless; ātmadeformation of the self-vairūpyadeformation of the self — deformation of the self; kartāramthe doer — the doer; pārthānāmof the sons of Pṛthā — of the sons of Pṛthā; kīrtiblackmailing the reputation-dūṣaṇamblackmailing the reputation — blackmailing the reputation.
O bull, you are offenseless and thoroughly honest; therefore I wish all good to you. Please tell me of the perpetrator of these mutilations, which blackmail the reputation of the sons of Pṛthā.
The reputation of the reign of Mahārāja Rāmacandra and that of the kings who followed in the footsteps of Mahārāja Rāmacandra, like the Pāṇḍavas and their descendants, are never to be forgotten because in their kingdom offenseless and honest living beings were never in trouble. The bull and the cow are the symbols of the most offenseless living beings because even the stool and urine of these animals are utilized to benefit human society. The descendants of the sons of Pṛthā, like Mahārāja Parīkṣit, were afraid of losing their reputations, but in the modern days the leaders are not even afraid of killing such offenseless animals. Herein lies the difference between the reign of those pious kings and the modern states ruled by irresponsible executive heads without knowledge of the codes of God.