Śrīmad Bhāgavatam Canto Four

SB 4.17.19 – 21

Feb 13, 2020

HH Hanumatpresaka Swami

February 13, 2020
Text 19:
The cow-shaped earth continued to appeal to the King: I am very poor and have not committed any sinful activities. I do not know why you want to kill me. Since you are supposed to be the knower of all religious principles, why are you so envious of me, and why are you so anxious to kill a woman?
Text 20:
Even if a woman does commit some sinful activity, no one should place his hand upon her. And what to speak of you, dear King, who are so merciful. You are a protector, and you are affectionate to the poor.
Text 21:
The cow-shaped earth continued: My dear King, I am just like a strong boat, and all the paraphernalia of the world is standing upon me. If you break me to pieces, how can you protect yourself and your subjects from drowning?

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About the speaker

HH Hanumatpresaka Swami

Founder and General Secretary of NIOS, the North American Institute for Oriental and Classical Studies

His Holiness Hanumatpresaka Swami is the founder and General Secretary of NIOS, the North American Institute for Oriental and Classical Studies, and Visiting Professor with IECOO, the Institute for Oriental and Occidental Classical StudiesRicardo Palma UniversityLimaPeru. He is also a member of the faculty at Bhaktivedanta College, where he teaches on the subject of the text Bhaktirasamrita-sindhu. The Hindu Studies scholar Radhika Ramana Dasa is one of his illustrious disciples.

Hanumatpresaka Swami has developed a program of global lecturing. This has included work as Associate Director of the Bhaktivedanta Institute, which organized two “World Congresses for the Synthesis of Science and Religion,” Bombay, 1985, and Kolkatta, 1997. These included participation of Nobel Laureates such as George WaldCharles TownesSir John Eccles, Arch-Bishop Paulos Mar Gregorios (President of World Council of Churches), the Dalai Lama and many others. In March 1999 Hanumatpresaka Swami was the chief guest for the University of Calcutta‘s “National Seminar on Science and Technology in Ancient India.” In November 2004 and July 2005 he was principal speaker at the “National Conference on Psychotherapy,” Cesar Vallejo UniversityTujilloPeruWith San Marcos University, the oldest university in the Western Hemisphere, NIOS was a co-organizer for the “Bharatiya Sanskriti: A Festival of Classical Indian Culture.” The Festival was produced in Lima from 2005-2007. Sponsors and participants included many prominent universities, Ambassador of India to Peru and renowned scholars from four continents.

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