24 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 10, Ch. 1
Even though animal sacrifices are sanctioned in Vedic ceremonies, men
who kill animals for such ceremonies are considered butchers. Butchers
cannot be interested in Krsna consciousness, for they are already ma-
terially allured. Their only interest lies in developing comforts for the
temporary body.

bhogaisvarya-prasaktanam

tayapahrta-cetasim
vyavasayatmika buddhih
samadhau na vidhiyate
“In the minds of those who are too attached to sense enjoyment and ma-
terial opulence, and who are bewildered by such things, the resolute
determination of devotional service to the Supreme Lord does not take
place.” (Bg. 2.44) Srila Narottama dasa Thakura says:
manusya-janama. paiyd, radha-krsna na bhajiya,

Janiya Suniyé visa khainu
Anyone who is not Krsna conscious and who therefore does not engage in
the service of the Lord is also pasu-ghna, for he is willingly drinking
poison. Such a person cannot be interested in krsna-kathd because he
still has a desire for material sense gratification; he is not nivrtta-trsna.
As it is said, traivargikds te purusd vimukha hari-medhasah. Those in-
terested in trivarga—that is, in dharma, artha and kdma—are religious
for the sake of achieving a material position with which to gain better
facilities for sense gratification. Such persons are killing themselves by
willingly keeping themselves in the cycle of birth and death. They cannot
be interested in Krsna consciousness.

For krsna-kathd, topics about Krsna consciousness, there must be a
speaker and a hearer, both of whom can be interested in Krsna con-
sciousness if they are no longer interested in material topics. One can ac-
tually see how this attitude automatically develops in persons who are
Krsna conscious. Although the devotees of the Krsna consciousness
movement are quite young men, they no longer read materialistic
newspapers, magazines and so on, for they are no longer interested in
such topics (nivrtta-tarsaih). They completely give up the bodily under-
