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Bhagavata Purana 11.21.29-30

Srimad Bhagavatam · 21 · Verse 29-30

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Sanskrit Original

ते मे मतमविज्ञाय परोक्षं विषयात्मका: । हिंसायां यदि राग: स्याद् यज्ञ एव न चोदना ॥ २९ ॥ हिंसाविहारा ह्यालब्धै: पशुभि: स्वसुखेच्छया । यजन्ते देवता यज्ञै: पितृभूतपतीन् खला: ॥ ३० ॥

te me matam avijñāya parokṣaṁ viṣayātmakāḥ hiṁsāyāṁ yadi rāgaḥ syād yajña eva na codanā

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Those who are sworn to sense gratification cannot understand the confidential conclusion of Vedic knowledge as explained by Me. Taking pleasure in violence, they cruelly slaughter innocent animals in sacrifice for their own sense gratification and thus worship demigods, forefathers and leaders among ghostly creatures. Such passion for violence, however, is never encouraged within the process of Vedic sacrifice.