Cow Quote #31

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Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 11 Ch.5 text 14

 

In the Western countries such as America, many people proudly proclaim

themselves to be most pious religionists and sometimes even prophets or

representatives of God. Boasting of their religiosity, such foolish people

experience no fear or doubt in cruelly slaughtering innumerable animals in

slaughterhouses or on hunting trips for their whimsical sense gratification.

In the state of Mississippi there are sometimes pig-killing festivals, in

which entire families enjoy watching a pig cruelly butchered before their

eyes. Similarly, a former president of the United States from Texas did not

consider any social occasion complete without the slaughtering of a cow.

Such persons mistakenly consider themselves to be perfectly observing the

laws of God and due to such arrogant foolishness lose all touch with

reality. When a man is raising an animal for slaughter, he feeds the animal

nicely and encourages it to grow fat. Thus the animal gradually accepts its

would-be killer as its protector and master. When the master finally

approaches the helpless animal with a sharp knife or gun, the animal thinks,

"Oh, my master is joking with me." Only at the last minute does the animal

understand that the so-called master is death personified. It is clearly

stated in Vedic literature that cruel masters who kill innocent animals will

undoubtedly be killed in the next life by a similar process.

m€ˆ sa bhakayit€mutra

yasya m€ˆsam ih€dmy aham

etan m€ˆsasya m€ˆsatvaˆ

pravadanti man…iŠaƒ

"That creature whose flesh I am eating here and now will consume me in the

next life.' Thus meat is called m€ˆsa, as described by learned authorities."

In ®r…mad-Bh€gavatam this grizzly fate of animal killers is described by

N€rada Muni to King Pr€c…nabarhi, who was excessively killing animals in

so-called sacrifices.

bho bhoƒ praj€pate r€jan

pa™n paya tvay€dhvare

saˆjñ€pit€n j…va-sa‰gh€n

nirghŠena sahasraaƒ

ete tv€ˆ samprat…kante

smaranto vaiasaˆ tava

samparetam ayaƒ-k™˜ai

chindanty utthita-manyavaƒ

"O ruler of the citizens, my dear King, please see in the sky those animals

which you have sacrificed, without compassion and without mercy, in the

sacrificial arena. All these animals are awaiting your death so that they

can avenge the injuries you have inflicted upon them. After you die, they

will angrily pierce your body with iron horns." (Bh€g. 4.25.7-8) Such

punishment of animal killers may take place under the jurisdiction of

Yamar€ja on the planet of the lord of death. In other words, one who kills

an animal or who eats meat undoubtedly acquires a debt to the living entity

who has contributed his body for the satisfaction of the meat-eater. The

meat-eater must pay his debt by contributing his own body to be consumed in

the next life. Such payment of one's debt by offering one's own body to be

eaten is confirmed in the Vedic literature.