Dr.Commander Selvam Siddhar

 

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MAMSA - FLESH OF AN ANIMAL OR FLESH OF A FRUIT

Rarely has such a word invoked so much controversy... ,…….We hope that in this humble offering that this can be cleared...  Many use this word mamsa to prove that one can eat meat. Mamsa means meat BUT it also means (from the Monier Williams Dictionary)

 

Meaning:

n. sg. and pl. flesh , meat - Rig Veda (also said of the fleshy part or pulp of fruit) 

Name of a mixed caste MBh. 

a worm L. time L

 

Mamsa: One of the seven bodily constituents, mainly muscle (dhatu) and its metabolism.

 

Many Hindus who like to consume meat use this word esp. from the Manu Smriti to prove that eating dead bodies is all cool and legit.In the Garuda Purana and Markandeya Purana the foolish translators who supposed to expert on Sanskrit translate the word mamasa as meat. This is when the descendents are "supposed to offer meat to the forefathers.This is utter nonsense as stated in Matya Purana "Vegetarian food prepared with pure butter, milk, sugar and curd, etc. are most pleasing to the Pitrs."(Matsya Purana 17.30)

 

Cow’s milk, honey and the sweet pudding made of milk and rice and sugar with dry nuts satisfies the Pitrs forever. (Matya Purana 17.36) Flesh of animals is obtained only after killing him, which is a sin, and the killer of animals never enters the celestial abode. (Manu Smriti 5.48) It is Dharma that in the Shraddha feast one should never offer meat nor should one eat meat. Only vegetarian food must be offered because meat is obtained by killing. (Srimad Bhagavatam 7.15.7) Manu asserts that selling buying, cooking and eating meat is a sin, which is as great as killing an animal itself. (Manu Smriti 5.15)

 

The Garuda Purana is a “Vishnu” Purana and for those who say that meat can be offering in this Purana is so off the mark because this can never be stated in a “Vishnu” Purana. 

The slanderous campaign has been unleashed by different vested interests to embarrass Hindus around the world citing specific references from the Vedas, Mahabharata and the Puranas.

 

This also comes handy in convincing poor and illiterate Indians to give up their faith on the grounds that our fundamental holy books – the Vedas – contain all the inhuman elements like denigration of women, meat-eating, polygamy, casteism and above all – beef eating. The Vedas are also accused of animal sacrifice in sacrificial ceremonies popularly known as the YAJNA. Interestingly a section of home-bred intellectuals claiming to have deep study of ancient India has also come up, who cite references from works of western indologists to prove such unholy content in the Vedas.

Saying that the Vedas permit beef-eating and cow-slaughter amounts to striking a lethal blow to a Hindu’s soul. Respect for cow forms a core tenet of Hinduism. Once you are able to convince him of flaws in the foundation of this core tenet and make him feel guilty, he becomes an easy prey for the predator faiths. There are millions of ill-informed Hindus who are not empowered to counter argue and hence quietly surrender.

 

The vested interests that malign the Vedas are not confined to foreign and home-bred ideologists alone. A certain class among Hindus exploited the rest of the population including the socially and economically weaker sections by forcing them to believe and follow what they said in the name of Vedas or else face the wrath.All the slanders heaped upon the Vedas can be attributed mainly to the interpretations of commentaries written by Mahidhar, Uvat and Saayan in the medieval times; and to what Vam-margis or the Tantra cult propagated in their books in the name of the Vedas.

 

In due course the falsehood spread far and wide and they became even more deep rooted when western scholars with their half-baked knowledge of Sanskrit transliterated these interpretations of commentaries of Sayan and Mahidhar, in the name of translating the Vedas. However, they lacked the pre-requisite understanding of Shiksha (Phonetics), Vyakarana (Grammar), Nirukta (Philology), Nighantu (Vocabulary), Chhanda (Prosody), Jyotish (Astronomy), Kalpa and so on that are critical for correct interpretation of the Vedas.So let’s objectively evaluate all such misconceptions about the Vedas – the foundation of human knowledge and establish our piety, sanctity, great ideals and philosophy that cater not only to Hindus but to every human being without bars, bias or discrimination of any kind.

 

No violence against animals

 

Yasmintsarvaani bhutaanyaatmaivaabhuudvijaanatah

Tatra ko mohah kah shokah ekatvamanupasyatah

Yajurveda 40.7

 

“Those who see all beings as souls do not feel infatuation or anguish at their sight, for they experience oneness with them”.

 

How could people who believed in the doctrines of indestructibility, transmigration dare to kill living animals in yajnas? They might be seeing the souls of their own near and dear ones of bygone days residing in those living beings.

 

Anumantaa vishasitaa nihantaa krayavikrayee

Samskartaa chopahartaa cha khadakashcheti ghaatakaah

Manusmriti 5.51

 

Those who permit slaying of animals; those who bring animals for slaughter; those who slaughter; those who sell meat; those who purchase meat; those who prepare dish out of it; those who serve that meat and those who eat are all murderers.

 

Breehimattam yavamattamatho maashamatho tilam

Esha vaam bhaago nihito ratnadheyaaya dantau maa hinsishtam pitaram maataram cha

Atharvaveda 6.140.2

 

O teeth! You eat rice, you eat barley, you gram and you eat sesame. These cereals are specifically meant for you. Do not kill those who are capable of being fathers and mothers.

 

Ya aamam maansamadanti paurusheyam cha ye kravih

Garbhaan khaadanti keshavaastaanito naashayaamasi

Atharvaveda 8.6.23

 

We ought to destroy those who eat cooked as well as uncooked meat, meat involving destruction of males and females, foetus and eggs.

 

Anago hatya vai bheema kritye

Maa no gaamashvam purusham vadheeh

Atharvaveda 10.1.29

 

It is definitely a great sin to kill innocents. Do not kill our cows, horses and people.

How could there be justification of cow and other animals being killed when killing is so clearly prohibited in the Vedas?

 

Aghnyaa yajamaanasya pashoonpahi

Yajurveda 1.1

 

“O human! Animals are Aghnya – not to be killed. Protect the animals”

 

Pashunstraayethaam

Yajurveda 6.11

 

Protect the animals.

 

Dwipaadava Chatushpaatpaahi

Yajurveda 14.8

 

Protect the bipeds and quadrupeds!

 

Urjam no dhehi dwipade chatushpade

Yajurveda 11.83

 

“May all bipeds and quadrupeds gain strength and nourishment “This mantra is recited by Hindus before every meal. How could the same philosophy which prays for well-being of every soul in every moment of life, approve of killing animals?

 

No violence in Yajna

 

Yajna never meant animal sacrifice in the sense popularly understood. Yajna in the Vedas meant a noble deed or the highest purifying action.

 

Adhvara iti Yajnanaama – Dhvaratihimsaakarmaa tatpratishedhah

Nirukta 2.7

 

According to Yaaska Acharya, one of the synonyms of Yajna in Nirukta or the Vedic philology is Adhvara. Dhvara means an act with himsa or violence. And therefore a-dhvara means an act involving no himsa or no violence. There are a large number of such usage of Adhvara in the Vedas. In the post-Mahabharata period, misinterpretation of the Vedas and interpolations in other scriptures took place at various points in time. Acharya Shankar re-established the Vedic values to an extent.

 

In the more recent times, Swami Dayanand Saraswati interpreted the Vedas as per the correct rules of the language and authentic evidences. His literature, which includes commentary on the Vedas, Satyarth Prakash loosely translated as Light of Truth, An Introduction to the Vedas and other texts led to widespread social reformation based on Vedic philosophy and dispelling of myths surrounding the Vedas.

 

Let us discover what the Vedas have to say on Yajna. Agne yam yagnamadhvaram vishwatah pari bhuurasi

Sa id deveshu gacchati

Rigveda 1.1.4

 

O lord of effulgence! The non-violent Yajna, you prescribe from all sides, is beneficial for all, touches divine proportions and is accepted by noble souls.The Rigveda describes Yajna as Adhvara or nonviolent throughout. Same is the case with all the other Vedas. How can it be then concluded that the Vedas permit violence or slaughter of animals?

The biggest accusation of cattle and cow slaughter comes in the context of the Yajnas that derived their names from different cattle like the Ashwamedh Yajna, the Gomedha Yajna and the Nar-medh Yajna. Even by the wildest stretch of the imagination the word Medha would not mean slaughter in this context.It's interesting to note what Yajurveda says about a horse

 

Imam ma himsirekashafam pashum kanikradam vaajinam vaajineshu

Yajurveda 13.48

 

Do not slaughter this one hoofed animal that neighs and who goes with a speed faster than most of the animals. Swamedha does not mean horse sacrifice at Yajna. Instead the Yajurveda clearly mentions that a horse ought not to be slaughtered.

 

In Shathapatha, Ashwa is a word for the nation or empire. The word medha does not mean slaughter. It denotes an act done in accordance to the intellect Alternatively it means consolidation, as evident from the root meaning of medha i.e. medhru san-ga-me

 

Raashtram vaa ashwamedhah

Annam hi gau

Agnirvaa ashwah

Aajyam medhah

(Shatpath 13.1.6.3)

 

Swami Dayananda Saraswati wrote in his Light of Truth:

A Yajna dedicated to the glory, wellbeing and prosperity of the Rashtra the nation or empire is known as the Ashwamedh yajna.“To keep the food pure or to keep the senses under control, or to make the food pure or to make a good use of the rays of Sun or keep the earth free from impurities[clean] is called Gomedha Yajna”.

 

“The word Gau also means the Earth and the yajna dedicated to keep the Earth the environment clean is called Gomedha Yajna”“The cremation of the body of a dead person in accordance with the principles laid down in the Vedas is called Naramedha Yajna”.

 

No beef in Vedas

 

Not only the Vedas are against animal slaughter but also vehemently oppose and prohibit cow slaughter. Yajurveda forbids killing of cows, for they provide energizing food for human beings.

 

Ghrtam duhaanaamaditim janaayaagne maa himsiheeh

Yajurveda 13.49

Do not kill cows and bulls who always deserve to be protected.

 

Aare gohaa nrhaa vadho vo astu

Rigveda 7.56.17

 

In Rigveda cow slaughter has been declared a heinous crime equivalent to human murder and it has been said that those who commits this crime should be punished.

 

Sooyavasaad bhagavatee hi bhooyaa atho vayam bhagvantah syaama

Addhi trnamaghnye vishwadaaneem piba shuddhamudakamaacharantee

Rigveda 1.164.40 or Atharv 7.73.11 or Atharv 9.10.20

 

The Aghnya cows – which are not to be killed under any circumstances– may keep themselves healthy by use of pure water and green grass, so that we may be endowed with virtues, knowledge and wealth. The Vedic Lexicon, Nighantu, gives amongst other synonyms of Gau[ or cow] the words Aghnya. Ahi, and Aditi. Yaska the commentator on Nighantu, defines these as-

 

Aghnya the one that ought not to be killed

Ahi the one that must not be slaughtered.

Aditi the one that ought not to be cut into pieces.

These three names of cow signify that the animal ought not to be put to tortures. These words appear frequently throughout the Vedas in context of the cow.

 

 

Aghnyeyam saa vardhataam mahate soubhagaaya

Rigveda 1.164.27

 

Cow – The aghnya – brings us health and prosperity

 

Suprapaanam Bhavatvaghnyaayaah

Rigveda 5.83.8

 

There should be excellent facility for pure water for Aghnya Cow

 

Yah paurusheyena kravishaa samankte yo ashwena pashunaa yaatudhaanah

Yo aghnyaayaa bharati ksheeramagne teshaam sheershaani harasaapi vrishcha

Rigveda 10.87.16

 

Those who feed on human, horse or animal flesh and those who destroy milk-giving Aghnya cows should be severely punished.

 

Vimucchyadhvamaghnyaa devayaanaa aganma

Yajurveda 12.73

 

The Aghnya cows and bulls bring you prosperity

 

Maa gaamanaagaamaditim vadhishta

Rigveda 8.101.15

 

Do not kill the cow. Cow is innocent and aditi – that ought not to be cut into pieces

 

Antakaaya goghaatam

Yajurveda 30.18

 

Destroy those who kill cows

 

Yadi no gaam hansi yadyashwam yadi poorusham

Tam tvaa seesena vidhyaamo yatha no so aveeraha

Atharvaveda 1.16.4

 

If someone destroys our cows, horses or people, kill him with a bullet of lead.

 

Vatsam jaatamivaaghnyaa

Atharvaveda 3.30.1

 

Love each other as the Aghnya – non-killable cow – loves its calf

 

Dhenu sadanam rayeenaam

Atharvaveda 11.1.34

 

Cow is fountain head of all bounties

 

The entire 28th Sukta or Hymn of 6th Mandal of Rigveda sings the glory of cow.

Aa gaavo agnamannuta bhadramakrantseedantu

Bhooyobhooyo rayimidasya vardhayannabhinne

Na taa nashanti na dabhaati taskaro naasaamamitro vyathiraa dadharshati

Na taa arvaa renukakaato ashnute na samskritramupa yanti taa abhi

Gaavo bhago gaava indro me achhaan

Yooyam gaavo medayathaa

Maa vah stena eeshata maaghanshasah

 

1. Everyone should ensure that cows are free from miseries and kept healthy.

2. God blesses those who take care of cows.

3. Even the enemies should not use any weapon on cows

4. No one should slaughter the cow

5. Cow brings prosperity and strength

6. If cows keep healthy and happy, men and women shall also keep disease free and prosperous

7. May the cow eat green grass and pure water. May they not be killed and bring prosperity to us.

 

Of course for one who likes to eat meat they will come up with anything just to prove themselves right.

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