Buddha goes to the earth and teaches the Daityas to contempt the Vedas; his sceptical doctrines; his prohibition of animal sacrifices - Verse 26
Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · 3 · Verse 18.26
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Sanskrit Original
नैतद युक्तिसहं वाक्यं हिंसा धर्माय नेष्यते हवींष्य अनलदग्धानि फलायेत्य अर्भकोदितम ।।
naitad yuktisahaṃ vākyaṃ hiṃsā dharmāya neṣyate havīṃṣy analadagdhāni phalāyety arbhakoditam ||
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This statement is not reasonable; violence cannot be justified in the name of Dharma, as stated by the child regarding the offerings that have been consumed by fire.