Padmanabhan Janakiraman
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Vedas Nowhere Supports Meat Eating – Here are Evidences:
Vedic scriptures nowhere support meat eating. Sayan and Mahidhara in middle ages wrongly interpreted the Vedas in support of meat eating. The western indologists like Maxmuller/Griffith copied it blindly to defame Vedas.
There are many evidences from the Vedas which proves that the ancient scripture never supports any violence in form of Animal Sacrifice or meat eating.
Friend to all should the Arya be! Friend to all! Sure he cannot destroy the life of any. Therefore he is ordered in the sacred scriptures. (Yajur Veda 42-49).”
Thou shalt not kill the horse; thou shalt not kill the cow; thou shalt not kill the sheep or goat; thou shalt not kill the bipeds; oh man! Protect the gregarious deer; kill not the milch or otherwise useful animals.” Elsewhere the scripture says: “They that trouble others for the sake of their own good are Rakshas (monsters) and they that eat the flesh of birds and beasts are Pishachas (devils) (Yajur Veda 34-51).
For flesh-eating, drinking, gambling and adultery, all, destroy and mar the mental faculties of a man (Atharva Veda VI.7-70-71).
They are sinners as eat raw or cooked flesh or eggs go to destruction. (Atharva Veda
We must also learn about the meaning of word Yajna. Yajna is defined as “the association of men and concentration of powers for social happiness, conquest over nature or enemy (of one’s county or humanity); promotion of the well-being of society; the propagation and dissemination of enlightened principles; the maintenance of national self-respect; the increase of national glory; and the cultivation of acts of peace and war. It may also be added that Yajna also means such concentrated effort as secures man spiritual advancement and salvation. That the word Yajna was used in the above sense by the Vedic Aryas may be established by referring to certain well-known practices of the Rishis.
