Devanagari
तस्माद्दैवोपपन्नेन मुन्यन्नेनापि धर्मवित् ।
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Verse text
tasmād daivopapannena
muny-annenāpi dharmavit
santuṣṭo ’har ahaḥ kuryān
nitya-naimittikīḥ kriyāḥ
Synonyms
tasmāt
—
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 actually advanced in religious principles
;
santuṣṭaḥ
—
very happily
;
ahaḥ ahaḥ
—
day after day
;
kuryāt
—
one should perform
;
nitya
—
naimittikīḥ — regular and occasional
;
kriyāḥ
—
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.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
Therefore, one who is actually aware of religious principles and is not cruel to animals should daily perform his daily and occasional duties by offering forest foods obtained by the grace of the Lord.
Santuṣṭaḥ means he does not commit violence to animals.
Purport
The word
dharmavit,
meaning “one who knows the actual purpose of religion,” is very significant. As explained in
Bhagavad-gītā
(18.66)
,
sarva-dharmān parityajya mām ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vraja:
becoming Kṛṣṇa conscious is the topmost stage in understanding of religious principles. One who reaches this stage performs the
arcanā
process in devotional service. Anyone, whether a
gṛhastha
or a
sannyāsī,
can keep small Deities of the Lord suitably packed or, if possible, installed, and thus worship the Deities of Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa, Sītā-Rāma, Lakṣmī-Nārāyaṇa, Lord Jagannātha or Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu by offering food prepared in ghee and then offering the sanctified
prasāda
to the forefathers, demigods and other living entities as a matter of routine daily work. All the centers of our Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement have Deity worship programs very nicely going on in which food is offered to the Deity and distributed to the first-class
brāhmaṇas
and Vaiṣṇavas and even to the people in general. This performance of sacrifice brings complete satisfaction. The members of the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement engage daily in such transcendental activities. Thus in our Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement there is no question at all of killing animals.