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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.17.6
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 6
- yas tvaṁ kṛṣṇe gate dūraṁ
- saha-gāṇḍīva-dhanvanā
- śocyo 'sy aśocyān rahasi
- praharan vadham arhasi
yaḥon account of — on account of; tvamyou rogue — you rogue; kṛṣṇeLord Kṛṣṇa — Lord Kṛṣṇa; gatehaving gone away — having gone away; dūramout of sight — out of sight; sahaalong with — along with; gāṇḍīvathe bow named Gāṇḍīva — the bow named Gāṇḍīva; dhanvanāthe carrier, Arjuna — the carrier, Arjuna; śocyaḥculprit — culprit; asiyou are considered — you are considered; aśocyāninnocent — innocent; rahasiin a secluded place — in a secluded place; praharanbeating — beating; vadhamto be killed — to be killed; arhasideserve — deserve.
You rogue, do you dare beat an innocent cow because Lord Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna, the carrier of the Gāṇḍīva bow, are out of sight? Since you are beating the innocent in a secluded place, you are considered a culprit and therefore deserve to be killed.
In a civilization where God is conspicuously banished, and there is no devotee warrior like Arjuna, the associates of the age of Kali take advantage of this lawless kingdom and arrange to kill innocent animals like the cow in secluded slaughterhouses. Such murderers of animals stand to be condemned to death by the order of a pious king like Mahārāja Parīkṣit. For a pious king, the culprit who kills an animal in a secluded place is punishable by the death penalty, exactly like a murderer who kills an innocent child in a secluded place.