Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.24.21
Manvantara· The Manus and right dutyCow Protection as a Community Duty
“The occupational duties of the vaiśya are conceived in four divisions: farming, commerce, cow protection and moneylending. Out of these, we as a community are always engaged in cow protection.”
What the purport teaches
- The occupational duties of the vaiśya have four divisions: farming, commerce, cow protection and moneylending.
- Kṛṣṇa identifies cow protection as His community’s particular occupation.
- The community is always engaged in protecting cows. This care is a continuing responsibility.
Try this today
Identify one practical way you could help protect or care for cows.
Ask yourself
What does steady care for cows teach me about responsibility?
Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.
From Canto 10, chapter 14 onward, the translation and purports were completed by Śrīla Prabhupāda's disciples after his departure, and published by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust.