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<h3>Srimad-Bhagavatam Lectures</h3>
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Sudama: Take the children out.

Bahulasva: All the children should go out.

Prabhupada: No, that's all right. (some devotees say "Jaya!" and applaud) So, children are not punishable. (laughter, more applause) Neither the women. (more applause, laughter) Hmm. But don't take advantage. (laughter) And here we have got these brahmanas, saintly persons, women and children. So who is to be punished?
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Prabhupāda: So first question was, ''brūta dharmasya nas tattvaṁ yac ca adharmasya lakṣaṇam'' ([[vanisource:SB 6.1.38|SB 6.1.38]]). When there is some ''vicāra'', judgment, it must be done very nicely. A criminal is judged before the magistrate. He is taken just to make proper judgment, "Whether this man is punishable? He committed some criminal activities." The circumstances, the condition of the mind—everything should be judged. This is called judgment. So who is punishable? ''Deśa-kāla-pātra''. There is consideration, ''deśa-kāla-pātra. Deśa'' means situation, and ''kāla'', time, and ''pātra'', and the subject. Just like a child, he takes one fruit here. So he is not punishable. According to Vedic system, a child, a woman, a ''brāhmaṇa'', a cow and a saintly person, they are not punishable. Cow, woman, saintly person, ''brāhmaṇa'' and child—they are beyond all laws. Even they commit some. . . They do not do. They have no criminal purpose. Formerly the women were trained up in such a way, very chaste and obedient. So they had no chance to commit any offense. And ''brāhmaṇas'', they are also trained up. ''Śamo damaḥ satyaṁ śaucam''. . . (children making noise)

Sudāmā: Take the children out.

Bahulāśva: All the children should go out.

Prabhupāda: No, that's all right. (some devotees say "''Jaya''!" and applaud) So, children are not punishable. (laughter, more applause) Neither the women. (more applause, laughter) Hmm. But don't take advantage. (laughter) And here we have got these ''brāhmaṇas'', saintly persons, women and children. So who is to be punished? (laughter) Yes. ''Kathaṁ svid dhriyate daṇḍaḥ''. So the judge must know who is to be punished. That is judgment. ''Kathaṁ svid dhriyate daṇḍaḥ sthānam. Deśa-kāla-pātra'': according to time, according to circumstances, according to the subject, everything scrutinizingly judged, not whimsically. Nowadays it is the time for emergency. Anyone can be punished without any judgment. But this is not good position.
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