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one becomes more and more degraded, not knowing that his wealth will
be finished with his next birth.
na sddhu manye yata dtmano ’yam
asann api klesada dsa dehah
(Bhag. 5.5.4)

Animal killing is prohibited. Every living being, of course, has to eat
something (jivo jivasya jivanam). But one should be taught what kind of
food one should take. Therefore the Jsopanisad instructs, tena tyaktena
bhunjithah: one should eat whatever is allotted for human beings. Krsna
says in Bhagavad-gita (9.26):

patrarh puspam phalam toyam
yo me bhaktya prayacchati
tad aham bhakty-upahrtam
asndmi prayatdtmanah
“If one offers Me with love and devotion a leaf, a flower, fruit or water, I
will accept it.”” A devotee, therefore, does not eat anything that would re-
quire slaughterhouses for poor animals. Rather, devotees take prasdda of
Krsna (tena tyaktena bhunjithah). Krsna recommends that one give Him
patram puspam phalam toyam—a leaf, a flower, fruit or water. Animal
food is never recommended for human beings; instead, a human being is
recommended to take prasdda, remnants of food left by Krsna. Yajria-si-
stasinah santo mucyante sarva-kilbisaih (Bg. 3.13). If one practices
eating prasdda, even if there is some little sinful activity involved, one
becomes free from the results of sinful acts.
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AIR THA At fe Aq Peat ga: 112 ol
deva-samjnitam apy ante
krmi-vid-bhasma-samjnitam
