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Fynlanations of the Atmarama verse is a series of the following statements:
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killing is offensive, especially when animals are given unnecessary pain. Meat-eaters and animal killers are advised not to purchase meat from the slaughterhouse. They can worship Kālī once a month, kill some unimportant animal and eat it. Even by following this method, one is still an offender.
TEXT 2511
কদর্থিয়া তুমি  যত মারিলা জীবেরে ।।
তারা তৈছে তোগা গা রিবে জন্ম-জন্মা ভরে 
"" ২০১ ॥
kadarthiyā tumi yata mārilā jīvere tārā taiche tomā māribe janma-janmāntare”
SYNONYMS
kadarthiyā —giving unnecessary pangs;  tumi —you;  yata —all;  mārilā —killed;  jīvere —the living entities;  tārā —all of them;  taiche —similarly;  tomā —you;  māribe —will kill;  janma-janma-antare —life after life.
TRANSLATION
“Nārada Muni continued, ‘All the animals that you have killed and given unnecessary pain will kill you one after the other in your next life and in life after life.’
PURPORT
This is another authoritative statement made by the great sage Nārada. Those who kill animals and give them unnecessary pain—as people do in slaughterhouses—will be killed in a similar way in the next life and in many lives to come. One can never be excused from such an offense. If one kills many thousands of animals in a professional way so that other people can purchase the meat to eat, one must be ready to be killed in a similar way in his next life and in life after life. There are many rascals who violate their own religious principles. According to Judeo-Christian scriptures, it is clearly said, “Thou shalt not kill.” Nonetheless, giving all kinds of excuses, even the heads of religions indulge in killing animals while trying to pass as saintly persons. This mockery and hypocrisy in human society bring about unlimited calamities; therefore occasionally there are great wars. Masses of such people go out onto battlefields and kill themselves. Presently they have discovered the atomic bomb, which is simply awaiting wholesale destruction. If people want to be saved from the killing business life after life, they must take to Kṛṣṇa consciousness and cease sinful activity. The International Society for Krishna Consciousness recommends that everyone abandon meat-eating, illicit sex, intoxication and gambling. When one gives up t