Then one day all the brāhmins and the sages, they came to give him instruction, "My dear king, it is not your duty to stop all kinds of religious activities." Just like the Communist government. Yes. But who hears? He said: "No. Why you are trying to pacify God? I am God. You just act. If you are actually God conscious, then you act according to my order." So when the sages and brāhmins became disgusted, he was killed by the brāhmins, by their order. You see? The brāhmins were so strong, by simply cursing, they could kill anyone.
So the Veṇa was killed. Then again the rogues and thieves came out. Then from the body of Veṇa, they created two sons. One son was black, and he was ordered that "You go to the forest." Because they could know that he is exactly son of the father. Niṣāda. Niṣāda. They were sent . . . he was sent to the forest. And then the King Pṛthu was born. The King Pṛthu, He is incarnation of . . . power incarnation of God, śaktyāveśāvatāra. So he proved himself as a great king on this earth. He produced foodstuff, food grains, profusely. That from the life of King Pṛthu we can understand.
We are discussing that in the Fourth Canto, the life of Mahārāja Pṛthu, how good government can be maintained. Pṛthu Mahārāja is the ideal king. He produced . . . he made arrangement. The earth was not producing sufficient food grains, so he attacked the earth that, "Why you are not producing?" The mother earth said that, "Because the people have become demon and they are simply eating, but they are not doing their duty; therefore I have minimized producing grain."
This is to be very important, that the earth can produce any amount of food grains. There is no question of overpopulation. There is no question of overpopulation, because everyone is being fed by the mercy of God. Eko bahūnāṁ yo vidadhāti kāmān (Kaṭha Upaniṣad 2.2.13). God is giving everyone the foodstuff.
I have several times explained in this class that nobody has got any food problem. Simply the so-called civilized, advanced in science, these people have got problems of food grains. Otherwise, there are millions of elephants, they are eating very nicely. There are ants, there are elephants, there are tigers, there are monkeys, there are trees . . . so many, 8,400,000 forms of body. How they are eating? Unless they are eating . . . we kill animal, but the animals do not come to the . . . come to us that, "We are starving. Give us food." Never.
By nature, there is arrangement, foodstuff. The cows, the other animals, they are eating grass. There is profuse growth of grass. So they are not eating your nice foodstuff, sandeśa, rasagullā. You are making sandeśa, rasagullā from the milk which they deliver. They are eating grass and delivering you nice foodstuff, milk. And from the milk, you can make hundreds and thousands of nice, nutritious, full of vitamin foodstuff. But no. We are so fool that instead of utilizing the milk, we are utilizing the blood. You see?
These rascals, the scientists, they do not know that milk is nothing but transformation of the blood. That everyone knows. So if you want to . . . that is nature's way, by God's will, that a cow gives forty pounds, fifty pounds milk daily, but it does not drink. Although it is her milk, no, it gives you, human society: "You take. But don't kill me. Let me live. I am eating only grass."
Just see. And the civilized men killing them. Killing them. And they want peace. Just see the fun. Without touching your foodstuff, the cow is eating the grass which is given by God, immense grass, and they are giving you the finest foodstuff, milk. Just after your birth you have only to drink milk, either mother's milk . . . nowadays, mothers do not supply milk. That is also to be supplied by the cow.