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- Read on →: bho bhoḥ prajāpate rājan paśūn paśya tvayādhvare
bho bhoḥ prajāpate rājan paśūn paśya tvayādhvare |
saṁjñāpitāñ jīva-saṅghān nirghṛṇena sahasraśaḥ ||
ete tvaṁ sampratīkṣante smaranto vaiśasaṁ tava |
samparetam ayaḥ-kūṭaiś chindanty utthita-manyavaḥ ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 4.25.7–8)“Bho! Bho! O protector of the people! O King! See now the animals—the thousands of living beings—that have been mercilessly killed by you in sacrifice. Remembering how you cut apart their bodies, they are waiting for your death. Then, using their iron horns, they will tear you apart with ferocious anger.”
- Read on →: nāyaṁ mārgo hi sādhūnāṁ hṛṣīkeśānuvartinām
nāyaṁ mārgo hi sādhūnāṁ hṛṣīkeśānuvartinām |
yad ātmānaṁ parāg gṛhya paśuvad bhūta-vaiśasam ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 4.11.10)“Identifying with the external self [i.e., the body] and killing other living beings is animal-like; it is not the path of the sādhus who follow Hṛṣīkeśa [i.e., the Master of the senses, Bhagavān].”
- Read on →: jīvo jīvasya jīvanam
jīvo jīvasya jīvanam |
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 1.13.47)“A living being is the life of [another] living being.”
- Read on →: māṁ sa bhakṣayitāmutra yasya māṁsam ihādmy aham
māṁ sa bhakṣayitāmutra yasya māṁsam ihādmy aham |
etan māṁsasya māṁsatvaṁ pravadanti manīṣiṇaḥ ||
(Manu Smṛti: 5.55)“Me he will eat in the next life whose meat I eat in this life. The wise say this is the basis of meat being [called] ‘māṁsa’ [i.e., ‘mām-sa,’ lit., ‘me’-‘he,’ implying, ‘me he will eat whose meat I eat’].”
- Read on →: yajñārthaṁ paśavaḥ sṛṣṭāḥ svayam eva svayambhuvā
yajñārthaṁ paśavaḥ sṛṣṭāḥ svayam eva svayambhuvā |
yajño’sya bhūtyai sarvasya tasmād yajñe vadho’vadhaḥ ||
oṣadhyaḥ paśavo vṛkṣās tiryañ ca pakṣiṇas tathā |
yajñārthaṁ nidhanaṁ prāptāḥ prāpnuvanty utsṛtīḥ punaḥ ||
(Manu Smṛti: 5.39-40)“Svayambhū [i.e., Brahmā] himself created animals for the sake of sacrifice (yajñā). Sacrifices are for [the good of] all living beings, and thus slaughter for the sake of sacrifice is not [actually] slaughter. Herbs, animals, trees, reptiles, birds and so forth that have been killed for the sake of sacrifice reach thereafter a higher existence.”
- Read on →: yāvanti paśu-romāṇi tāvat kṛtvo ha māraṇam
yāvanti paśu-romāṇi tāvat kṛtvo ha māraṇam |
vṛthā paśughnaḥ prāpnoti pretya janmani janmani ||
(Manu Smṛti: 5.38)“One who frivolously kills an animal is killed birth after birth as many times as there were hairs on the animal’s body.”