Prabhupāda: Cobbler is less than śūdra. Yes. Cobbler means when the cows die, the cobbler may take it. If he wants, he can eat the flesh, and he can utilize the bone, hoofs. He can prepare . . . he gets the skin without any price. So he can make shoes, and he'll make some profit. And because he is cobbler, he can be allowed to eat meat, fifth class. Not that, "Professor Such-and-such," and eating meat. This is the degradation of society. He is doing the work of a brāhmaṇa—teacher means brāhmaṇa—and he's eating meat. Oh, horrible! . . . (indistinct) . . . so make, organize. I can give you the idea, but I'll not live very long. If you can carry out, you can change the whole. . . especially if you can change America, then whole world will change. Then the whole world . . . and it is the duty, because they are kept in darkness and ignorance, then the human life is being spoiled. These rascals, because they do not know how to live . . . andhā yathāndhair. . . (SB 7.5.31). They are blind, and they are leading . . . others are blind, and they are leading and they, all of them, going to ditch.
So it is the duty. There is . . . Caitanya has explained, para-upakāra (CC Adi 9.41). Save them. If it is not possible to save everyone—as many as possible. This is human life. This is Kṛṣṇa consciousness, to save others who are in the darkness. It is not a profession, "Now, Kṛṣṇa consciousness is my profession. I'm getting very easily food and shelter." Just like the Indians they are doing, a profession, say another means of livelihood. Not like that. It is for para-upakāra, actually benefiting the others. That is Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Then Kṛṣṇa will be very much pleased, "Oh, he is trying."