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bhakṣaṇīyaṁ satā māṁsaṁ prāṇyangatvena hetunā. odanādivadityevaṁ kaścidāhātitārkikah.
Some ultra-logician said, thus - meat being the part of the body, should be eaten by wisemen, just as the boiled rice etc. ( is eaten ).
bhaksyābhaksyvyavastheha śāstralokanibandhanā. sarvaiva bhāvato yasmāttasmādetadasāmpratam.
In this world, all the provisions, regarding eatables and non-eatables, are regulated by canons and common practice hence taking into account all the consequences, this is not proper.
tatra prāṇyangamapyekaṁ bhaksyamanyattu no tathā. siddhaṁ gavādisatkṣīrarudhirādau tatheksaņāt.
There (in canons and in common practice ) some of the body limbs are eatable while others not, and proved so being obvious in the case of body limbs – sweet milk etc. of cow eatable and blood etc. not-eatable.
prāṇyangatvena na ca no’bhakṣaṇīyamidar matam. kintvanyajīvabhāvena tathā śāstraprasiddhitaḥ.
Being part of the living creature's body is not the reason behind meat's not-eatability, but it is so because it
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