Krishna's economic plan respects all life; material cleverness without dharma reduces humanity to animals.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: Are the prajāpatis responsible for propagating human species or all species of life?
Prabhupāda: Human. Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: Are there different prajāpatis for the different species?
Prabhupāda: Yes. Brahmā is the original. [break] ...a class of men, they are called vediyās. They know all these herb, which herb is medicine for certain disease, and they sell in the market.
Every one of these is meant for some medicine. They know it. Hari-śauri: Is that kind of information given in the Vedas? Is that kind of information there?
Prabhupāda: Yes. Yes. Āyur-veda. There is a book, Dravya-guṇa. All kinds of herbs, metals, even different kinds of flesh of different animals, they are mentioned.
Hundreds of different kinds of animals flesh, how it can be utilized for certain disease, the descriptions are there. Hari-śauri: They use flesh for curing things?
Prabhupāda: Hmm? Hari-śauri: They use flesh for curing diseases?