208 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 7, Ch. 15

tasméd daivopapannena
muny-annenapi dharmavit

santusto ‘har ahah kuryan
nitya-naimittikih kriyah

tasmat —therefore; daiva-upapannena—obtainable very easily by the
grace of the Lord; muni-annena—with food (prepared in ghee and
offered to the Supreme Lord); api—indeed; dharma-vit—one who is ac-
tually advanced in religious principles; santustah—very happily; ahah
ahah—day after day; kuryat—one should perform; nitya-naimittikih—
regular and occasional; kriyah—duties.

TRANSLATION

Therefore, day by day, one who is actually aware of religious
principles and is not heinously envious of poor animals should
happily perform daily sacrifices and those for certain occasions
with whatever food is available easily by the grace of the Lord.

PURPORT

The word dharmavit, meaning “‘one who knows the actual purpose of
religion,” is very significant. As explained in Bhagavad-gita (18.66),
sarva-dharman parityajya mam ekam Ssaranam vraja: becoming Krsna
conscious is the topmost stage in understanding of religious principles.
One who reaches this stage performs the arcana process in devotional
service. Anyone, whether a grhastha or a sannydsi, can keep small
Deities of the Lord suitably packed or, if possible, installed, and thus
worship the Deities of Radha-Krsna, Sita-Rama, Laksmi-Narayana, Lord
Jagannatha or Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu by offering food prepared in
ghee and then offering the sanctified prasdda to the forefathers,
demigods and other living entities as a matter of routine daily work. All
the centers of our Krsna consciousness movement have Deity worship
programs very nicely going on in which food is offered to the Deity and
distributed to the first-class brahmanas and Vaisnavas and even to the
people in general. This performance of sacrifice brings complete satisfac-
tion. The members of the Krsna consciousness movement engage daily in
such transcendental activities. Thus in our Krsna consciousness move-
ment there is no question at all of killing animals.
