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Were Pandavas and other kshatriya kings meat eaters ? Why there used to be animal sacrifices during vedic times and what they used to do with the bodies ? People justify eating meat quoting these references.
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Q: Why there used to be animal sacrifices during vedic times and what they used to do with the bodies ? People justify eating meat quoting these references.
Purport By Prabhupada, continues...
Mahārāja Parīkṣit said that only the animal-killer cannot relish the transcendental message of the Supreme Lord. Therefore if people are to be educated to the path of Godhead, they must be taught first and foremost to stop the process of animal-killing as above mentioned. It is nonsensical to say that animal-killing has nothing to do with spiritual realization. By this dangerous theory many so-called sannyāsīs have sprung up by the grace of Kali-yuga who preach animal-killing under the garb of the Vedas. The subject matter has already been discussed in the conversation between Lord Caitanya and Maulana Chand Kazi Shaheb. The animal sacrifice as stated in the Vedasis different from the unrestricted animal-killing in the slaughterhouse. Because the asuras or the so-called scholars of Vedic literatures put forward the evidence of animal-killing in the Vedas, Lord Buddha superficially denied the authority of the Vedas. This rejection of the Vedas by Lord Buddha was adopted in order to save people from the vice of animal-killing as well as to save the poor animals from the slaughtering process of their big brothers who clamor for universal brotherhood, peace, justice and equity. There is no justice when there is animal-killing. Lord Buddha wanted to stop it completely, and therefore his cult of ahiṁsā was propagated not only in India but also outside the country.
Source: http://www.vedabase.com/en/sb/1/3/24
Were Pandavas and other kshatriya kings meat eaters ?
Kshatriayas were allowed and used to hunt a couple of times a year, (and required to, for the sake of practicing, their military skills) during which they may kill a couple animals like rabits or deers. Out of respect for the life of the animal, instead of allowing the carcass to rot, the hunter and the family would share and eat the animal. This was normal and no mention is made of giving up this practice in the Mahabharata. So, yes. They used to eat meat couple of times a year, when they went hunting.
Following By Srila Prabhupada: Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1:3:24
Lord Buddha, a powerful incarnation of the Personality of Godhead, appeared in the province of Gayā (Bihar) as the son of Añjanā, and he preached his own conception of nonviolence and deprecated even the animal sacrifices sanctioned in the Vedas. At the time when Lord Buddha appeared, the people in general were atheistic and preferred animal flesh to anything else. On the plea of Vedic sacrifice, every place was practically turned into a slaughterhouse, and animal-killing was indulged in unrestrictedly. Lord Buddha preached nonviolence, taking pity on the poor animals. He preached that he did not believe in the tenets of the Vedas and stressed the adverse psychological effects incurred by animal-killing. Less intelligent men of the Age of Kali, who had no faith in God, followed his principle, and for the time being they were trained in moral discipline and nonviolence, the preliminary steps for proceeding further on the path of God realization. He deluded the atheists because such atheists who followed his principles did not believe in God, but they kept their absolute faith in Lord Buddha, who himself was the incarnation of God. Thus the faithless people were made to believe in God in the form of Lord Buddha. That was the mercy of Lord Buddha: he made the faithless faithful to him.
Killing of animals before the advent of Lord Buddha was the most prominent feature of the society. People claimed that these were Vedic sacrifices. When the Vedas are not accepted through the authoritative disciplic succession, the casual readers of the Vedas are misled by the flowery language of that system of knowledge. In the Bhagavad-gītāa comment has been made on such foolish scholars (avipaścitaḥ). The foolish scholars of Vedic literature who do not care to receive the transcendental message through the transcendental realized sources of disciplic succession are sure to be bewildered. To them, the ritualistic ceremonies are considered to be all in all. They have no depth of knowledge. According to the Bhagavad-gītā (15.15), vedaiś ca sarvair aham eva vedyaḥ: the whole system of the Vedas is to lead one gradually to the path of the Supreme Lord. The whole theme of Vedic literature is to know the Supreme Lord, the individual soul, the cosmic situation and the relation between all these items. When the relation is known, the relative function begins, and as a result of such a function the ultimate goal of life or going back to Godhead takes place in the easiest manner. Unfortunately, unauthorized scholars of the Vedas become captivated by the purificatory ceremonies only, and natural progress is thereby checked.
To such bewildered persons of atheistic propensity, Lord Buddha is the emblem of theism. He therefore first of all wanted to check the habit of animal-killing. The animal-killers are dangerous elements on the path going back to Godhead. There are two types of animal-killers. The soul is also sometimes called the “animal” or the living being. Therefore, both the slaughterer of animals and those who have lost their identity of soul are animal-killers.
Thank for such an elaborate explaination Shravan Prabhu.
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I read it here http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/m03/m03256.htm
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Akash
Ah! Sacred text by km ganguly a favourite translator of muslims as he has made mockery of arjuna bhima and has done so much bogus over glorification of karna that has been easily exposed. According to him abhimanyu was killed in one on one fight with dushaSanas son and all 5 pandavas together attached bhisma. Now it' upto u whether to believe in such nonsense .Yes there used to be animal sacrifice to fulfil a particular motive but the animal used to get a human body
I have totally forgotten.
And ofcourse how can I forget krishna ran away from jarasandh some 16 times . These muslims brainwashed by their crook teacher naik always try to demean sanathan dharma some time they come up with fake hindu names but when we give references of their prophet they cry. Dont give a damn
Sorry I didnt know that he such a bogus writer. Thanks for your alert.
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You need to provide bonafide refereces while asking such questions.
Kindly re-quote the references if the are bonafide. Otherwise you can reject the unbonaifide references. This will help in addressing the question accurately.
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Hare Krishna Prabhu,
I read it here http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/m03/m03256.htm
YS
Akash
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A similar question is addressed here. Hope it helps
Is it mentioned in the Ramayana that Lord Ram ate meat?
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