Bhagavata Purana 10.10.12
Srimad Bhagavatam · 10 · Verse 12
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Sanskrit Original
एवं साधारणं देहमव्यक्तप्रभवाप्ययम् । को विद्वानात्मसात्कृत्वा हन्ति जन्तूनृतेऽसत: ॥ १२ ॥
evaṁ sādhāraṇaṁ deham avyakta-prabhavāpyayam ko vidvān ātmasāt kṛtvā hanti jantūn ṛte ’sataḥ
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This body, after all, is produced by the unmanifested nature and again annihilated and merged in the natural elements. Therefore, it is the common property of everyone. Under the circumstances, who but a rascal claims this property as his own and while maintaining it commits such sinful activities as killing animals just to satisfy his whims? Unless one is a rascal, one cannot commit such sinful activities.