Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 24.251
Leave Sin Behind and Chant Hare Kṛṣṇa
“Nārada Muni continued, ‘All the animals that you have killed and given unnecessary pain will kill you one after the other in your next life and in life after life.’
What the purport teaches
- Nārada warns that animals killed and given unnecessary pain will kill their killer in future lives. The purport emphasizes the grave consequences of professional animal slaughter.
- Excusing animal killing while claiming to follow religious principles is hypocrisy. The purport connects this hypocrisy with great calamities and wars.
- To escape repeated killing, birth and death, the purport asks everyone to take to Kṛṣṇa consciousness and chant the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra. It recommends abandoning meat-eating, illicit sex, intoxication and gambling.
Try this today
Set aside a few minutes today to chant the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra.
Ask yourself
What change can I make to bring my conduct closer to the devotional principles I profess?
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.