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punishment. Because the human being has developed consciousness, however, he cannot do anything against the principles of  varṇāśrama-dharma  without being condemned. Kṛṣṇa states in  Bhagavad-gītā  (4.13),  cātur-varṇyam mayā sṛṣṭaṁ guṇa-karma-vibhāgaśaḥ : “According to the three modes of material nature and the work ascribed to them, the four divisions of human society were created by Me.” Thus all men should be divided into four classes— brāhmaṇas ,  kṣatriyas ,  vaiśyas  and  śūdras —and they should act according to their ordained regulations. They cannot deviate from their prescribed rules and regulations. One of these states that they should never trouble any animal, even those that disturb human beings. Although a tiger is not sinful if he attacks another animal and eats its flesh, if a man with developed consciousness does so, he must be punished. In other words, a human being who does not use his developed consciousness but instead acts like an animal surely undergoes punishment in many different hells.
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यस्त्वह वा असंविभज्याश्नाति यत्किञ्चनोपनतमनिर्मितपञ्चयज्ञो 
    यायससंस्तुतः स परत्र कृमिभोजने नरकाधमे निपतति तत्र शतसहस्रयोजने 
    कृमिकुण्डे कृमिभूतः म्ययं कृमिभिरेव भक्ष्यमाणः कृमिभोजनो यावत्तदप्रत्ताप्रहुतादो 
    ऽनिर्वेशमात्मानं यातयते॥१८॥
yas tv iha vā asaṁvibhajyāśnāti yat kiñcanopanatam anirmita-pañca- 
    yajño vāyasa-saṁstutaḥ sa paratra kṛmibhojane narakādhame nipatati 
    tatra śata-sahasra-yojane kṛmi-kuṇḍe kṛmi-bhūtaḥ svayaṁ kṛmibhir 
    eva bhakṣyamāṇaḥ kṛmi-bhojano yāvat tad aprattāprahūtādo 'nirveśam 
    ātmānaṁ yātayate.
yaḥ—any person who; tu—but; iha—in this life; vā—or; asaṁ- 
    vibhajya—without dividing; aśnāti—eats; yat kiñcana—whatever; 
    upanatam—obtained by Kṛṣṇa's grace; anirmita—not performing; 
    pañca-yajñaḥ—the five kinds of sacrifice; vāyasa—with the crows; 
    saṁstutaḥ—who is described as equal; saḥ—such a person; paratra—in 
    the next life; kṛmibhojane—named Kṛmibhojana; naraka-adhame— 
    into the most abominable of all hells; nipatati—falls down; tatra—