Surrender to Krishna liquidates all debts; neglecting Vedic protection destroys human civilization's spiritual purpose.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.16.21 — July 11, 1974, Los Angeles 740711SB-LOS ANGELES [30:58 Minutes] SB-01.16.21_740711SB-LOS ANGELES Prabhupāda: [leads singing of Jaya Rādhā-Mādhava] [prema-dhvani] [break] [04:27] Nitāi: Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. [Prabhupāda and devotees repeat] [leads chanting of verse, etc.] arakṣyamāṇāḥ striya urvi bālān śocasy atho puruṣādair ivārtān vācaṁ devīṁ brahma-kule kukarmaṇy abrahmaṇye rāja-kule kulāgryān [SB 1.16.21] [break] [08:10] Translation: "Are you feeling compunction..., compassion for the unhappy women and children who are left forlorn by the unscrupulous persons? Or are you unhappy because the goddess of learning is being handled by brāhmaṇas addicted to acts against the principles of religion?
Or are you sorry to see that the brāhmaṇas have taken shelter of administrative families that do not respect brahminical culture?" Prabhupāda: Arakṣyamāṇāḥ striya urvi bālān. According to Vedic culture, first protection: to the cows, to the women, to the brāhmaṇas, to the children and to the old man. This is the first business of the government, to give protection. Practically there is no criminal charge against them—against a brāhmaṇa, against a woman, a child.
Suppose a child steals something. Who is going to prosecute him? It is not taken very seriously. So they require protection.
They should not be given freedom. Like a child, he is not given freedom, similarly freedom... Of course, there is. Protection means to some extent no freedom.
If I want to protect the child, then I sometimes say, "Don't do this." That is one of the items of the protection. So here description of cow-killing is already done. Now in this age, Kali, these things will be lacking. First thing is that no protection for woman. Woman requires protection by the father, by the husband and by the elderly children.
But that is now finished. Practically no protection. They are, under the name of so-called freedom, loitering in the street. It is a very abominable condition of life.
Now these things are very prominent in the Western countries especially. In India they are still dragging the Vedic culture, so women are given protection. The father gives protection to the woman, child, and up to sixteen years, utmost. Then she must be married.