462 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 5, Ch. 26
hunting animals in the forest; atirthe—other than prescribed; ca—also:
mrgan—animals: nighnanti—kill: tan—them: api—indeed: sam-
paretan—having died: laksya-bhitan—becoming the targets: yama-
purusdh—the assistants of Yamaraja; isubhih—by arrows; vidhyanti—
pierce.
TRANSLATION

If in this life a man of the higher classes [brahmana, ksatriya and
vaisya] is very fond of taking his pet dogs, mules or asses into the
forest to hunt and kill animals unnecessarily, he is placed after
death into the hell known as Pranarodha. There the assistants of
Yamaraja make him their targets and pierce him with arrows.

PURPORT

In the Western countries especially, aristocrats keep dogs and horses to
hunt animals in the forest. Whether in the West or the East, aristocratic
men in the Kali-yuga adopt the fashion of going to the forest and un-
necessarily killing animals. Men of the higher classes (the brahmanas,
ksatriyas and vaisyas) should cultivate knowledge of Brahman. and they
should also give the Sidras a chance to come to that platform. If instead
they indulge in hunting, they are punished as described in this verse.
Not only are they pierced with arrows by the agents of Yamaraja, but
they are also put into the ocean of pus, urine and stool described in the
previous verse.

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ye tv tha vai dambhika dambha-yajnesu pastin visasanti tan amusmil
loke vaisase narake patitan niraya-patayo yatayitva visasanti.

ye—persons who: tu—but: iha—in this life: vai—indeed:
dambhikah—very proud of wealth and a prestigious position: dambha-
yajnesu—in a sacrifice performed to increase prestige: pasiin—animals:
visasanti—kill: tan—them: amusmin loke—in the next world:
vaisase—Vaisasa or Visasana: narake—into the hell: patitan—fallen:
