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इति स्मृत्यनुसारेण पितृणां तर्पणाय या । मूविधीयते हिंसा साऽपि दुर्गतिहेतवे ॥४७॥
Meaning: The himsa which is committed, in order to please the forefathers, as laid down in the Smritis (the Brahmanic scriptures) by the dull-witted people, paves the way for existence in a birth in the lower regions.
Explanation : To please the dead, who have already taken rebirth in other categories of existence, by acts of himsa is not possible at all. It is the considered opinion of Acharya Hemchandra that himsa committed with a desire to please the dead ones becomes the cause of evil existence after death for the doer and one who has it done for the other. Both are ignorant about the real meaning and significance of the scriptural injunctions.
यो भूतेष्वभयं दद्यात् भूतेभ्यस्तस्य नो भयम् ।
यादृग् वितीर्यते दानं तादृगासाद्यते फलम् ॥४॥ Meaning : One, who protects living beings, protects one's self—just as one gives, one receives.
कोदण्डदण्डचकासिशूलशक्तिधराः सुराः ।
हिंसका अपि हा कष्टं पूज्यन्ते देवताधिया ॥४९॥ Meaning : It is a matter of great grief that the gods, who wield such weapons as bow and arrow, mace, disc, sword, trident, and shakti, are worshipped as if they are true gods.
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