Text 5] King Purafijana Goes to the Forest to Hunt 1211
nyahanan nisitair banair
vanesu vana-gocaran

dsurim—demoniac; urttim—occupation; dsritya—taken shelter of;ghora—
horrible; atmd—consciousness, heart; niranugrahah—without mercy;
nyahanat—killed;nisitaih—by sharp; banaih—arrows; vanesu—in the forests;
vana-gocardn—the forest animals.

TRANSLATION

At that time King Purafijana was very much influenced by demoniac
propensities. Because of this, his heart became very hard and merciless,
and with sharp arrows he killed many innocent animals in the forest, tak-
ing no consideration.

PURPORT

When a man becomes too proud of his material position, he tries to enjoy
his senses in an unrestricted way, being influenced by the modes of passion
and ignorance. He is thus described as asuric, or demoniac. When people
are demoniac in spirit, they are not merciful toward the poor animals. Con-
sequently they maintain various animal slaughterhouses. This is technically
called siind or himsda, which means the killing of living beings. In Kali-yuga,
due to the increase of the modes of passion and ignorance, almost all men
are asuric or demoniac; therefore they are very much fond of eating flesh,
and for this end they maintain various kinds of animal slaughterhouses.

In this age of Kali the propensity for mercy is almost nil. Consequently
there is always fighting and wars between men and nations. Men do not
understand that because they unrestrictedly kill so many animals, they also
must be slaughtered like animals in big wars. This is very much evident in
the Western countries. In the West, slaughterhouses are maintained without
restriction, and therefore every fifth or tenth year there is a big war in
which countless people are slaughtered even more cruelly than the animals.
Sometimes during war, soldiers keep their enemies in concentration camps
and kill them in very cruel ways. These are reactions brought about by un-
restricted animal killing in the slaughterhouse and by hunters in the forest.
Proud, demoniac persons do not know the laws of nature, nor do they
know the laws of God. Consequently they unrestrictedly kill poor animals,
not caring for them at all. In this Krsna consciousness movement animal
killing is completely prohibited. One is not accepted as a bona fide student
in this movement unless he promises to follow the four regulative principles:
