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# Skandapurana 16.207.24

Skandapurāṇa 16.207.24

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [16.207.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.207.24)

hatvā gāśca varaṃ māṃsaṃ bhakṣayīta dvijādhamaḥ ..  
varaṃ jīvetsamaṃ mlecchairna kuryādvedavikrayam .. 24 ..

> It would be better for the lowest of the twice-born to slaughter cows and eat their meat; / it would be better to live among the barbarians, rather than sell the Veda. // 24  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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