Text 11] ‘Instructions for Civilized Human Beings 207

dravya-yajnair yaksyamanam
drstva bhitani bibhyati

esa makaruno hanyad
ataj-jno hy asu-trp dhruvam

dravya-yajnaih—with animals and other eatable things; yaksya-
manam—the person engaged in such sacrifices; drstva—by seeing;
bhitani—the living entities (animals); bibhyati—become afraid; esah—
this person (the performer of sacrifice); ma—us; akarunah—who is in-
humane and merciless; hanydét—will kill; a-tat-jiah—most ignorant;
hi—indeed; asu-trp—who is most satisfied by killing others; dhruvam—
certainly.

TRANSLATION

Upon seeing the person engaged in performing the sacrifice,
animals meant to be sacrificed are extremely afraid, thinking,
“This merciless performer of sacrifices, being ignorant of the pur-
pose of sacrifice and being most satisfied by killing others, will
surely kill us.”

PURPORT

Animal sacrifice in the name of religion is current practically all over
the world in every established religion. It is said that Lord Jesus Christ,
when twelve years old, was shocked to see the Jews sacrificing birds and
animals in the synagogues and that he therefore rejected the Jewish
system of religion and started the religious system of Christianity, adher-
ing to the Old Testament commandment “Thou shalt not kill.” At the
present day, however, not only are animals killed in the name of
sacrifice, but the killing of animals has increased enormously because of
the increasing number of slaughterhouses. Slaughtering animals, either
for religion or for food, is most abominable and is condemned herein.
Unless one is merciless, one cannot sacrifice animals, either in the name
of religion or for food.

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