Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.17.13
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
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.
“If you tell me, I will kill that person.” “I have nothing to say.” “O bull! You, who are good natured and offenseless, are auspicious in happiness and in suffering. But tell me the criminal who is spoiling the fame of the Pāṇḍavas. Who is the person who disfigured you by cutting off your legs?”
- Whose name in a wrong situation needs to be spoken aloud?
- Where am I leaving the perpetrator unnamed?
My note
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