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## Eleventh Chapter
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'And if the animal, not having been consecrated, cries out or strikes its chest with its feet, O Fire, free me from all the sins arising from this.' ||21||
Thus, many atonements for sins have been mentioned. But there is a contradiction in this matter with other Agamas. ||215||
Just as the killing done by a hunter is the cause of suffering and therefore leads to bondage, so too, the killing of animals in the Vedas, being the cause of suffering, is also the cause of bondage. ||216||
To say that Brahma created the world is also not true, because upon reflection, such a statement appears as useless as dry grass. ||217||
We ask, if Brahma is already accomplished, what is the purpose of his creating the world? If you say that he creates the world for amusement, then where is his accomplishment? Just as a child who desires amusement is not accomplished, so too, Brahma, who desires amusement, will be called unaccomplished. ||218||
Then why doesn't Brahma attain pleasure without other things? Why does he have to create the world? Besides this, another question arises: when Brahma creates the world, what are the supporting instruments, objects, etc.? ||219||
Furthermore, not all people in the world are alike; some are seen to be happy and some are seen to be unhappy. From this, it must be assumed that some people are benefactors of Brahma and some are malefactors. He makes those who are benefactors happy and those who are malefactors unhappy. ||220||
To avoid all this contradiction, if it is assumed that God is not accomplished, then he will not be called God because he is subject to karma, just as you are not God because you are subject to karma. ||221||
Just as chariots, houses, etc., are considered to be created by the effort of an intelligent human being because they are endowed with a specific form, so too, lotuses, etc., should be considered to be created by the effort of an intelligent human being because they are endowed with a specific form. "The one whose intelligence creates all this is God." This inference leads to the establishment of God as the creator. But this is not correct, because the argument of the absolutist is not appropriate. ||223||
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The business of other offerings is to remove sins. ||212-213||