Teyt  2531
Explanations of the Atmarama Verse:
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This is a chance to become purified by associating with this Krṣṇa consciousness movement and strictly following the rules and regulations. By chanting the Hare Krṣṇa  mahā-mantra , one can become free from all contamination, especially contamination brought about by the killing of animals. Lord Krṣṇa Himself requested:
sarva-dharmān parityajya  
 mām ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vraja  
 ahaṁ tvāṁ sarva-pāpebhyo  
 mokṣaviṣvāmi mā śucah
“Abandon all varieties of religion and just surrender unto Me. I shall deliver you from all sinful reaction. Do not fear.” (Bg. 18.66)
We should take this instruction from Kṛṣṇa and follow in the footsteps of Nārada Muni in the disciplic succession. If we simply surrender unto Kṛṣṇa’s lotus feet and take this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement seriously, we can be freed from the  karma  incurred by sin. If we are intelligent enough, we shall engage in the loving service of the Lord. Then our lives will be successful, and we shall not have to suffer like the hunter life after life. By killing animals, not only will we be bereft of the human form but we will have to take an animal form and somehow or other be killed by the same type of animal we have killed. This is the law of nature. The Sanskrit word  māṁsa  means “meat.” It is said:  māṁ saḥ khadati iti māṁsaḥ . That is, “I am now eating the flesh of an animal who will some day in the future be eating my flesh.”
TEXT 253
ব্যাধ কহে,—“বাল্য হৈতে এই আমার কর্ম । কেমনে তরিমু মুঞি পামর অধম ? ২৫৩ ॥
vyādha kahe,—“bālya haite ei āmāra karma kemane tarimu muñi pāmara adhama?
SYNONYMS
vyādha kahe —the hunter said;  bālya haite —from the very beginning of my childhood;  ei āmāra karma —I have been taught this business (half-killing animals);  kemane —how;  tarimu —shall become free from these sinful activities;  muñi —I;  pāmara adhama —sinful and misled.
TRANSLATION
“The hunter then admitted that he was convinced of his sinful activity, and he said, ‘I have been taught this business from my very childhood. Now I am