Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Ādi 17.160
Revival Is the Essential Condition
“In the Vedas and Purāṇas there are injunctions declaring that if one can revive a living being, one can kill it for experimental purposes.
What the purport teaches
- The Lord refers to injunctions in the Vedas and Purāṇas.
- These injunctions describe killing a living being for experimental purposes.
- The permission depends on the ability to revive that living being; it is not an unconditional allowance.
Try this today
Copy the phrase “if one can revive a living being” and underline it as the condition.
Ask yourself
Why is the ability to revive the living being essential to understanding this statement?
Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.
The study points are short summaries drawn from Śrīla Prabhupāda's translation and purport; the practice and question are plain words for trying the verse today.