Bhagavad Gita -Srila Prabhupada 596

Shrimad Bhagavad Gita As It Is -Shri Shrimad A.C Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

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The Three Modes Of Material Nature
Chapter 14: Verse-16

There is also a prayer in the Vedic literature that states:

namo brahmnya-deväya go-brähmana-hitäya ca
jagad-dhitäya krsnäya govindäya namo namah

“My Lord, You are the well-wisher of the cows and the brahmanas, and You are the well-wisher of the entire human society and world.”[1] The purport is that special mention is given in that prayer for the protection of the cows and the brähmanas. Brahmanas are the symbol of spiritual education, and cows are the symbol of the most valuable food; these two living creatures, the brahmanas and the cows, must be given all protection—that is real advancement of civilization. In modern human society, spiritual knowledge is neglected, and cow killing is encouraged. It is to be understood, then, that human society is advancing in the wrong direction and is clearing the path to its own condemnation. A civilization which guides the citizens to become animals in their next lives is certainly not a human civilization. The present human civilization is, of course, grossly misled by the modes of passion and ignorance. It is a very dangerous age, and all nations should take care to provide the easiest process,krsna consciousness, to save humanity from the greatest danger.


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References

  1. Visnu Puräna 1.19.65

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