Shanti Parva 34.20
Rahular Itihasa / M. N. Dutt · Shanti Parva Chapter 34 · Verse 20
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Sanskrit Original
वृथा पशुसमालम्भं नैव कुर्यान्न कारयेत्। अनुग्रहः पशूनां हि संस्कारो विधिनोदितः॥
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One should not kill or cause to be killed an animal except in a sacrifice. Animals have become sacred for the kindness shown towards them by the creator, himself in the ordinance laid down by him.