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- Read on →: yajña-śiṣṭāśinaḥ santo mucyante sarva-kilbiṣaiḥ
yajña-śiṣṭāśinaḥ santo mucyante sarva-kilbiṣaiḥ |
bhuñjate te tv aghaṁ pāpā ye pacanty ātma-kāraṇāt ||
(Śrīmad Bhagavad-gītā: 3.13)“A virtuous person who subsists on the remnants of sacrifice (yajña) is liberated from all sins [i.e., the consequences of violence towards other living beings]. But one who prepares food for oneself partakes only of sin.”
- Read on →: ye tv anevaṁ-vido’santaḥ stabdhāḥ sad-abhimāninaḥ
ye tv anevaṁ-vido’santaḥ stabdhāḥ sad-abhimāninaḥ |
paśūn druhyanti viśrabdhāḥ pretya khādanti te ca tān ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 11.5.14)“The ignorant, impious, and stubborn who consider themselves virtuous confidently kill animals, and those animals eat them in their next life.”
- Read on →: samutpattiṁ ca māṁsasya vadha-bandhau ca dehinām
samutpattiṁ ca māṁsasya vadha-bandhau ca dehinām |
prasamīkṣya nivarteta sarva-māṁsasya bhakṣaṇāt ||
(Manu Smṛti: 5.49)“Having fully understood the [disgusting] origin of meat and the [cruel] acts of binding and slaughtering living beings [needed to produce it], one should abstain from eating all types of meat.”
- Read on →: anumantā viśasitā nihantā kraya-vikrayī
anumantā viśasitā nihantā kraya-vikrayī |
saṁskartā copahartā ca khādakaś ceti ghātakāḥ ||
(Manu Smṛti: 5.51)“The permitter, the cutter, the killer themself, the buyer, the seller, the cook, the transporter, and the eater—all such persons are considered slaughterers.”
- Read on →: nākṛtvā prāṇināṁ hiṁsāṁ māṁsam utpadyate kvacit
nākṛtvā prāṇināṁ hiṁsāṁ māṁsam utpadyate kvacit |
(Manu Smṛti: 5.48)“Meat is never produced without harming living beings.”
- Read on →: svamāṁsaṁ paramāṁsena yo vardhayitum icchati
svamāṁsaṁ paramāṁsena yo vardhayitum icchati |
anabhyarcya pitṝn devāṁs tato’nyo nāsty apuṇyakṛt ||
(Manu Smṛti: 5.52)“There is no greater sinner than one who seeks to increase his own flesh with the flesh of others and does not worship the forefathers and devas.”