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Decision about Acceptable and Prohibited Food^ - Verse 40

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · 17 · Verse 40

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Sanskrit Original

भक्षयेन्नैव मांसानि शेषभोजी न लिप्यते। औषधार्थमशक्तौ वा नियोगाद यज्ञकारणात।।

bhakṣayennaiva māṃsāni śeṣabhojī na lipyate| auṣadhārthamaśaktau vā niyogād yajñakāraṇāt||

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If a person invited for the Sraddha or the worship of a deity eschews meat he may have to be in the hell as many years as there are hairs on the body of the animal.®