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| Canto 4: Creation of the Fourth Order | Chapter 17: Mahārāja Prithu Becomes Angry at the Earth |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.17.19
sa tvam jighāmsase kasmād
SYNONYMS
sah — that very person; tvam — you; jighāmsase — want to kill; kasmāt — why; dīnām — poor; akrita — without having done; kilbishām — any sinful activities; ahanishyat — would kill; katham — how; yoshām — a woman; dharma-jñah — the knower of religious principles; iti — thus; yah — one who; matah — is considered.
TRANSLATION
The cow-shaped earth continued to appeal to the King: I am very poor and have not committed any sinful activities. I do not know why you want to kill me. Since you are supposed to be the knower of all religious principles, why are you so envious of me, and why are you so anxious to kill a woman?
PURPORT
The earth appealed to the King in two ways. A king who knows religious principles cannot kill anyone who has not committed sinful activities. Apart from this, a woman is not to be killed, even if she does commit some sinful activities. Since the earth was innocent and was also a woman, the King should not kill her.
Copyright © r The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International, Inc.
His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, Founder Ācārya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness