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TEACHINGS OF QUEEN KUNTĪ
or a tiger, but that is not a very good proposition, because if one actually becomes like a tiger one won't get food daily, but will have to search for food with great labor. If one becomes a vegetarian, however, one will get food every day. The food for a vegetarian is available everywhere.
Now in every city there are slaughterhouses, but does this mean that the slaughterhouses can supply enough so that one can live by eating only meat? No, there will not be an adequate supply. Even meat-eaters have to eat grains, fruits, and vegetables along with their slice of meat. Still, for that daily slice of meat they kill so many poor animals. How sinful this is. If people commit such sinful activities, how can they be happy? This killing should not be done, and therefore people are unhappy. But if one becomes Krṣṇa conscious and simply depends on Krṣṇa's glance ( tava vīkṣitaiḥ ), Krṣṇa will supply everything, and there will be no question of scarcity.
Sometimes there appears to be scarcity, and sometimes we find that grains and fruits are produced in such a huge quantity that people cannot finish eating them. So this is a question of Krṣṇa's glance. If Krṣṇa likes, He can produce a huge quantity of grains, fruits, and vegetables, but if Krṣṇa desires to restrict the supply, what good will meat do? You may eat me, or I may eat you, but that will not solve the problem.
For real peace and tranquillity and a sufficient supply of milk, water, and everything else we need, we simply have to depend on Krṣṇa. This is what Bhaktivinoda Thākura teaches us when he says,  mārabi rākhabi—yo icchā tohārā:  "My dear Lord, I simply surrender unto You and depend on You. Now if You like You may kill me, or else You may give me protection." And Krṣṇa says in reply, "Yes.  Sarva-dharmān parityajya mām ekam śaraṇam vraja:  simply surrender exclusively unto Me." He does not say, "Yes, depend on Me, and also depend on your slaughterhouses and factories." No. He says, "Depend only on Me.  Aham tvām sarva-pāpebhyo mokṣayiṣyāmi:  I will rescue you from the results of your sinful activities."
Because we have lived so many years without being Krṣṇa conscious, we have lived only a sinful life, but Krṣṇa assures us that as soon as one surrenders to Him He immediately squares all accounts and puts an end to all one's sinful activities so that one may begin a new life. When we initiate disciples we therefore tell them, "Now the account is squared. Now don't commit sinful activities any more."
One should not think that because the holy name of Krṣṇa can nullify sinful activities, one may commit a little sinful activity and chant Hare Krṣṇa to nullify it. That is the greatest offense ( nāmno balād yasya hi