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In the Padma Purana, I myself declared the purpose of the Yajna. I am Brahma, who created this world of moving and unmoving beings. I created animals for the sake of the Yajna, out of my own grace. The Yajna is the source of prosperity and heaven, therefore the killing in the Yajna is not killing. In the Sautrāmaṇi Yajna, drinking of liquor is not a sin, and in the Gosava Yajna, the use of an agamya (unapproachable) woman is permissible. In the Matṛmedha Yajna, the mother should be killed, and in the Pitṛmedha Yajna, the father should be killed. This should be done within the vedi (altar), and there is no fault in it. The Juhūka, a deity, should be satisfied with offerings of ghee, placed on the back of a tortoise, while chanting "Svaha" with great effort. If a tortoise is not available, then a pure twice-born man, with a bald head and a yellow complexion, should be immersed in pure water up to his mouth, leaving only his head above the water, resembling a tortoise. A blazing fire should be kindled on his head and offerings should be made into it. All that has been, is, and will be, is the Purusha, the Lord of immortality, who lives on food. Since there is only one Purusha, who kills whom? Therefore, kill beings in the Yajna as you please. The Yajna performer should eat the flesh of those beings, because it is purified by the Yajna and is made for the purpose of the gods. Thus, showing such extremely sinful acts, that Rakshasa made beings inclined towards Yajna on earth. Then, believing his words, those who entered the land of the Yajna, seeking happiness, were bound by him like logs of wood, and he flew up into the sky. At that time, their bodies trembled with fear, their pupils rolled, and he turned them upside down, so that their thighs were on their backs and their necks were on their feet.