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.”
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.”
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.”
nākṛtvā prāṇināṁ hiṁsāṁ māṁsam utpadyate kvacit |
(Manu Smṛti: 5.48)
“Meat is never produced without harming living beings.”
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.”
yo’hiṁsakāni bhūtāni hinasty ātma-sukhecchayā |
sa jīvaṁś ca mṛtaś caiva na kvacit sukham edhate ||
(Manu Smṛti: 5.45)
“One who harms innocuous creatures out of a desire for one’s own pleasure never attains happiness in life or after death.”
sa kartā sarva-dharmāṇāṁ bhakto yas tava keśava |
sa kartā sarva-pāpānāṁ yo na bhaktas tavācyuta ||
dharmo bhavaty adharmo’pi kṛto bhaktais tavācyuta |
pāpaṁ bhavati dharmo’pi tavābhaktaiḥ kṛto hareḥ ||
(Skanda Purāṇa; cited in Hari-bhakti-vilāsa: 10.90)
“He who is your bhakta is a performer of all dharma, O Keśava, and he who is not your bhakta is a performer of all sins, O Acyuta. Even adharma performed by your bhaktas [e.g., some occasional excessive acceptance of donations at a tīrtha or similar place] becomes dharma [because it is for your sake, by virtue of the sincerity of your bhakta], O Acyuta, and even dharma performed by non-bhaktas [e.g., performance of yoga and so on] becomes sin [because of disregard for you], O Hari.”
naitādṛśaḥ paro dharmo nṛṇāṁ sad-dharmam icchatām |
nyāso daṇḍasya bhūteṣu mano-vāk-kāyajasya yaḥ ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 7.15.8)
“For human beings who aspire to follow the highest dharma, there is no better dharma than this: giving up violence—caused by the mind, words, or the body—towards living beings.”
tasmāt sarveṣu bhūteṣu dayāṁ kuruta sauhṛdam |
bhāvam āsuram unmucya yayā tuṣyaty adhokṣajaḥ ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 7.6.24)
“Therefore, one should give up the demonic mentality and engage in kindness and friendliness to all beings whereby Adhokṣaja [i.e., Bhagavān] is pleased.”
