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<h3>Srimad-Bhagavatam Lectures</h3>
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The tree has taken birth. The man has taken birth. Why simply man should be saved, not the cows, not the trees? He must be saved. This is the government's duty. Unnecessarily there cannot be any killing. Lord Christ also, "Thou shall not kill." Yes, this is the beginning of religious life. If you are accustomed to kill somebody, either man, animal, trees, fish, anything, there is no entrance in religious life. There is no entrance because everyone, every living entity, is son of God.
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Prabhupāda: When Viśvamitra Muni went to see Mahārāja Daśaratha to ask the help of Lord Rāmacandra and Lakṣmaṇa . . . There was a demon. They were disturbing in the forest. The saintly persons were disturbed. They could kill that demon, but because they were ''brāhmaṇas'', saintly person, they did not like the killing business in their own hand. That was the system. A ''brāhmaṇa ''will not kill. A ''brāhmaṇa'', simply by cursing, he can kill. Doesn't require even open . . . Just like Mahārāja Parīkṣit, he was cursed by a boy ''brāhmaṇa ''that within seven days he'll be bitten by a snake and he'll die. The ''brāhmaṇas ''were so powerful. So ''brāhmaṇa ''is not joke. In Kali-yuga there is no such ''brāhmaṇa''.

So this Viśvamitra Muni came to Mahārāja Daśaratha to request that "Send your sons Rāmacandra and Laksmana to kill these demons." ''Kṣatriyas' ''business is . . . ''Kṣat''. ''Kṣat ''means injury. If somebody is injuring your body, it is the duty of the government to save you: "Why unnecessarily you are injuring this . . .?" Just like Parīkṣit Mahārāja, when he was going, and some person was ''śūdra ''in the dress of a king, he was trying to kill a cow. Immediately Parīkṣit Mahārāja took his sword: "Who are you, rascal, you are trying to kill a cow in my kingdom?" That is ''kṣatriya''. (break) 

The tree has taken birth. The man has taken birth. Why simply man should be saved, not the cows, not the trees? He must be saved. This is the government's duty. Unnecessarily there cannot be any killing. Lord Christ also, "Thou shall not kill." Yes, this is the beginning of religious life. If you are accustomed to kill somebody, either man, animal, trees, fish, anything, there is no entrance in religious life. There is no entrance because everyone, every living entity, is son of God. ''Sarva-yoniṣu''. You have read ''Bhagavad-gītā''. ''Sarva-yoniṣu'': in all sources of birth. ''Sarva-yoniṣu sambhavanti mūrtayo yaḥ ''([[BG 14.4 (1972)|BG 14.4]]). There are different forms of life, 8,400,000. They are all living entities, but according to ''karma'', they have got different bodies. This is the difference. Just like we have got different dresses according to my choice, similarly, we get different bodies according to my choice. This morning we were talking about the sufferers . . . What is called? The sea sufferers?

Devotees: Surfers.

Prabhupāda: Surfer, yes. (devotees laugh) Surfer. I call "sufferer." (laughter) "Sea-sufferer." (laughter) Sea-surfer, it is practical, because we are creating a situation by which we shall become a fish. (laughter) Yes.
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