SB 1.17.13
TEXT 13
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TEXT
आख्याहि वृष भद्रं वः साधूनामकृतागसाम् ।
आत्मवैरूप्यकर्तारं पार्थानां कीर्तिदूषणम् ॥ १३ ॥ akhyahi vrsa bhadram vaḥ
sadhūnam akrtagasam
atma-vairūpya-kartaram
parthanam kirti-dūsanam
akhyahi-just let me know; vrsa-O bull; bhadram-good; vaḥ-for you; sadhūnam-of the honest; akrta-agasam-of those who are offenseless; atma-vairūpya-deformation of the self; kartaram-the doer; parthanam-of the sons of Prtha; kirti-dūsanam-blackmailing the reputation.
TRANSLATION
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 Prtha.
PURPORT
The reputation of the reign of Maharaja Ramacandra and that of the kings who followed in the footsteps of Maharaja Ramacandra, like the Panḍavas 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 Prtha, like Maharaja Pariksit and others, were afraid of losing their reputations, but in the modern days they 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 in the codes of God.
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