Buddha goes to the earth and teaches the Daityas to contempt the Vedas; his sceptical doctrines; his prohibition of animal sacrifices - Verse 28
Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · 3 · Verse 18.28
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Sanskrit Original
निहतस्य पशोर यज्ञे स्वर्गप्राप्तिर यदीष्यते स्वपिता यजमानेन किं नु तस्मान न हन्यते ।।
nihatasya paśor yajñe svargaprāptir yadīṣyate svapitā yajamānena kiṃ nu tasmān na hanyate ||
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If the slaughtered animal is offered in sacrifice, and heaven is desired, then what is the use of the father of the sacrificer, for he is not killed.