Text 10] Ideal Family Life 155

Personality of Godhead, and therefore a Krsna conscious person, even
though a householder, should not discriminate between children and
poor animals. Unfortunately, modern society has devised many means
for killing animals in different forms of life. For example, in the
agricultural fields there may be many mice, flies and other creatures that
disturb production, and sometimes they are killed by pesticides. In this
verse, however, such killing is forbidden. Every living entity should be
nourished by the food given by the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
Human society should not consider itself the only enjoyer of all the prop-
erties of God; rather, men should understand that all the other animals
also have a claim to God’s property. In this verse even the snake is men-
tioned, indicating that a householder should not be envious even of a
snake. If everyone is fully satisfied by eating food that is a gift from the
Lord, why should there be envy between one living being and another?
In modern days people are very much inclined toward communistic ideas
of society, but we do not think that there can be any better communistic
idea than that which is explained in this verse of Srimad-Bhagavatam.
Even in the communistic countries the poor animals are killed without
consideration, although they also should have the right to take their
allotted food with which to live.

TEXT 10
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tri-vargam natikrcchrena
bhajeta grha-medhy api

yatha-desam yatha-kdlam
yavad-daivopapaditam

tri-vargam—three principles, namely religiosity, economic develop-
ment and sense gratification; na—not; ati-krcchrena—by very severe
endeavor; bhajeta—should execute; grha-medhi—a person interested
only in family life; api—although; yathad-desam—according to the
place; yatha-kalam—according to the time; yévat—as much as; daiva—
by the grace of the Lord; upapaditam—obtained.
