Text 251] Explanations of the Atmarama Verse 221
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 Kali once a month, kill some unimportant
animal and eat it. Even by following this method, one is still an offender.
TEXT 251
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Sial Cove csta atfaca Ga-seMaca py” 29 0
kadarthiya tumi yata marila jivere
tard taiche toma mdaribe janma-janmdntare”
SYNONYMS

kadarthiya—giving unnecessary pangs; tumi—you; yata—all; marild—killed;
jivere—the living entities; taéra—all of them; taiche—similarly; tomaé—you;
méaribe—will kill; janma-janma-antare—life after life.

TRANSLATION

“Narada Muni continued, ‘All the animals that you have killed and given un-
necessary 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 Narada. 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 thou-
sands 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. Ac-
cording to Judeo-Christian scriptures, it is clearly said, “Thou shalt not kill.” None-
theless, 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 Krsna consciousness and cease sinful activity. The In-
ternational Society for Krishna Consciousness recommends that everyone aban-
don meat-eating, illicit sex, intoxication and gambling. When one gives up these
