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Eleventh Chapter
257. What is the benefit of attaining heaven, if one has to fall from it again? The happiness derived from external objects is mixed with sorrow and is also small in quantity. ||236||
If humans go to heaven by killing living beings, then why did Vasu fall into hell just by approving of the killing of living beings? ||237||
Vasu went to hell, the proof of this is that even today, wicked Brahmanas, who are evil-minded, who do harm to themselves and others, and who are pleased by the support of their own side, shout loudly, "O Vasu! Get up, go to heaven," and offer oblations into the fire. If Vasu had not gone to hell, then what was the need to offer oblations with the above mantra? ||238-239||
Those who killed animals by making them into flour also went to hell, then what to say about those who kill other animals with an evil intention? ||240||
Firstly, there is no purpose in the concept of Yajna, i.e., it is useless to even think about Yajna. Secondly, even if one has to think about it, then wise people should not think about such a violent Yajna. ||241||
They should perform Dharma Yajna. The soul is the Yajamana, the body is the Vedi, contentment is the Saakalya, renunciation is the Homa, the hair on the head is the Kusa, the protection of living beings is the Dakshina, white meditation is Pranayama, attaining the Siddha Pada is the fruit, speaking truth is the Yupa, penance is the Agni, the fickle mind is the Pashu, and the senses are the Samidhas. One should perform Yajna with all these, this is called Dharma Yajna. ||242-244||
If you think that Yajna satisfies the Gods, then this is not correct, because the Gods have divine food available to them as they desire. ||245||
Those who have a pleasing diet of touch, taste, smell, and form, what is the use of this meat, etc., for them? ||246||
How do the Gods eat meat, which is born from semen and blood, is impure, is the birthplace of worms, and whose smell and appearance are both extremely disgusting? They do not eat it at all. ||247||
There are three fires in the body, namely, the fire of knowledge, the fire of vision, and the fire of the stomach. Wise people should perform the three fires, namely, Dakshinagni, Garhapatyagni, and Ahavaniyaagni, in these three fires. ||248||
This world becomes empty. ||235||