Bhagavata Purana 6.4.9
Srimad Bhagavatam · 4 · Verse 9
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Sanskrit Original
अन्नं चराणामचरा ह्यपद: पादचारिणाम् । अहस्ता हस्तयुक्तानां द्विपदां च चतुष्पद: ॥ ९ ॥
annaṁ carāṇām acarā hy apadaḥ pāda-cāriṇām ahastā hasta-yuktānāṁ dvi-padāṁ ca catuṣ-padaḥ
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By nature’s arrangement, fruits and flowers are considered the food of insects and birds; grass and other legless living entities are meant to be the food of four-legged animals like cows and buffalo; animals that cannot use their front legs as hands are meant to be the food of animals like tigers, which have claws; and four-legged animals like deer and goats, as well as food grains, are meant to be the food of human beings.