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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 5, Ch. 26]
hunting animals in the forest;  atīrthe —other than prescribed;  ca —also;  mṛgān —animals;  nighnanti —kill;  tān —them;  api —indeed;  sam-paretān —having died;  lakṣya-bhūtān —becoming the targets;  yama-puruṣāḥ —the assistants of Yamarāja;  iṣubhiḥ —by arrows;  vidhyanti —pierce.
TRANSLATION
If in this life a man of the higher classes [brāhmaṇa, kṣatriya and vaiśya] is very fond of taking his pet dogs, mules or asses into the forest to hunt and kill animals unnecessarily, he is placed after death into the hell known as Prāṇarodha. There the assistants of Yamarāja make him their targets and pierce him with arrows.
PURPORT
In the Western countries especially, aristocrats keep dogs and horses to hunt animals in the forest. Whether in the West or the East, aristocratic men in the Kali-yuga adopt the fashion of going to the forest and unnecessarily killing animals. Men of the higher classes (the  brāhmaṇas ,  kṣatriyas  and  vaiśyas ) should cultivate knowledge of Brahman, and they should also give the  śūdras  a chance to come to that platform. If instead they indulge in hunting, they are punished as described in this verse. Not only are they pierced with arrows by the agents of Yamarāja, but they are also put into the ocean of pus, urine and stool described in the previous verse.
TEXT 25
ये त्विह वै दाम्भिका दम्भयज्ञेषु पशून् विशसन्ति तानमुष्मिंल्लोके वैशसे नरके पतितान्निरयपतयो यातयित्वा विशसन्ति ॥ २५ ॥
ye tv iha vai dāmbhikā dambha-yajñeṣu paśūn viśasanti tān amuṣmil loke vaiśase narake patitān niraya-patayo yātayitvā viśasanti.
ye —persons who;  tu —but;  iha —in this life;  vai —indeed;  dāmbhikāḥ —very proud of wealth and a prestigious position;  dambha-yajñeṣu —in a sacrifice performed to increase prestige;  paśūn —animals;  viśasanti —kill;  tān —them;  amuṣmin loke —in the next world;  vaiśase —Vaiśasa or Viśasana;  narake —into the hell;  patitān —fallen;