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क्रीत्वा स्वयं वाऽप्युत्पाद्य परोपहृतमेव वा ।
देवान् पितृन् समभ्यर्च्य खादन् मांसं न दुष्यति ||३१||
Meaning: Having worshipped gods and dead forefathers with meat that has been bought (for the purpose), or brought by begging from others, or brought by some one, one eats it, there is no objection-says Manu.
मन्त्र संस्कृतमप्यद्याद्यवाल्पमपि
सद्यः
नो हालाहललवोऽपि
भवेज्जीवितनाशाय
Meaning: One should not eat even one yava (grain) of meat even though it might have been purified by mantra; as even a drop of virulent poison brings life to an end.
संमूच्छितानन्तजन्तु सन्तानदूषितम् ।
नरकावनिपाथेयं कोऽश्नीयात् पिशितं सुधीः ? ।। ३३ ।।
पलम् ।
हि ॥३२॥
Meaning: Which intelligent person shall eat meat that is polluted by countless germs born on it instantly and that is as good as provender on the road leading to hell?
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सुसूक्ष्मा जन्तुराशयः । यत्र मूर्च्छन्ति तन्नाद्यं नवनीतं विवेकिभिः || ३४ ||
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Meaning: The wise, discriminating people should not use butter in which (after it is produced from the churned curds) are born, in less than an instant, infinite number of minutest bacteria.
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