Mahabharata 12.324.4
Mahābhārata 12.324.4
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12.324.4
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ |
bījairyajñeṣu yaṣṭavyamiti vai vaidikī śrutiḥ |
ajasaṃjñāni bījāni chāgaṃ na ghnantumarhatha || 4 ||
The Rishis said, The Vedic Sruti declares that in sacrifices the offerings should consist of (vegetable) seeds. Seeds are called Ajas. It behoveth you not to slay goats. Ye deities, that cannot be the religion of good and righteous people in which slaughter of animals is laid down. This, again, is the Krita age. How can animals be slaughtered in this epoch of righteousness?'
Translations (1)
- The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English
Commentaries (4)
- Jñānadīpikā — Devabodha, Sanskrit
- Bhāratabhāvadīpa — Nīlakaṇṭha Caturdhara, Sanskrit
- Lakṣaślokālaṅkāra — Vādirāja, Sanskrit
- Mahābhārataṭīkā — Nīlakaṇṭha Dīkṣita, Sanskrit
Other recensions (2)
- Southern recension — Sanskrit
- Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text) — Sanskrit
Linked texts (2)
- Nārāyaṇīya — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- Viṣṇudharmottarapurāṇa — Sanskrit