So distinction—the human being and animal—the animal does not know what is perfection of life. They are simply interested with four principles of bodily necessities: eating, sleeping, mating and defending. That's all. They have no other inquiries, "What is the perfection?" That means that is not possible in that body. In that animal body, cat's and dog's or hog's or elephant, very big body, or tiger, very powerful body, but they cannot inquire what is the perfection of life. That inquiry is possible in the human form of life.
The tiger has got body and a man has got body. Tiger may be very powerful, a man may be very weak, but there is a great distinction between this tiger and the man. Because tiger, becoming so powerful, he has no power to understand what he is or what is the perfection of life. But a human being, although he may be very feeble and very weak than the tiger, he has got the developed consciousness to understand what is perfection of life and what he is. That is the distinction.
So people are trying to be like tiger. In India, a certain section of people, the Muhammadans, they say that, "We want to be like śera." Śera means tiger. And more or less in the Western countries also, everyone is trying to become a tiger, very powerful. But one should be very cool-headed. A tiger is very powerful, a tiger can attack anyone and kill him. That is very good. But what is the use of tiger? Nobody is interested in tiger. Rather, if the tiger comes within the city, immediately it will be shot down, because it has no use. But a humble, meek cow . . . of course, here there is no protection of cow, but in India the cow is protected.
It is the duty of the human being to give protection to the cow. Just like we offer Kṛṣṇa our obeisances, namo brahmaṇya-devāya go-brāhmaṇa-hitāya ca: "Kṛṣṇa, You are worshipable by the brahminical culture, brahmaṇya-devāya," not by others, "because You are go-brāhmaṇa-hitāya ca, You are well-wisher of the cows and the Brāhmiṇs." Why Kṛṣṇa is not said tiger? Why this prayer is devoid of tiger? Hitāya ca. Kṛṣṇa is always, I mean to say, thinking how to protect the cows and the Brāhmiṇs. When Kṛṣṇa appeared on this planet He became a cowherd boy to give protection to the cows. He was tending cows by His personal example. You will read in the Kṛṣṇa Book how He was taking care of the cows. Therefore go-brāhmaṇa-hitāya ca.
The first prayer is that, "You are protector of the cows and the Brāhmiṇs." Jagad-dhitāya: "You are well-wisher of the whole universe, but Your special interest is to give protection to the cows and the Brāhmiṇs." Why that special interest? Because if the human society does not give protection to the cows and does not cultivate the brahminical culture, then it is cats' and dogs' society. Therefore it is given. And as soon as the whole society becomes full of cats and dogs, how can you expect peace and prosperity? The dog's business is "Gow gow gow gow! Why you have come here? Why you have entered in our neighborhood? Please get out. Please get out." Not "Please"; "Get out. Gow." (laughter)