Bhagavad-gītā As it Is << 18 - Conclusion – The Perfection of Renunciation >>
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तयाज्यं दॊषवद इत्य एके कर्म पराहुर मनीषिणः यज्ञदानतपःकर्म न तयाज्यम इति चापरे
tyājyaṁ doṣa-vad ity eke karma prāhur manīṣiṇaḥ yajña-dāna-tapaḥ-karma na tyājyam iti cāpare
WORD BY WORD
tyājyam must be given up; doṣa-vat as an evil; iti thus; eke one group; karma work; prāhuḥ they say; manīṣiṇaḥ great thinkers; yajña of sacrifice; dāna charity; tapaḥ and penance; karma works; na never; tyājyam are to be given up; iti thus; ca and; apare others;
TRANSLATION
| Some learned men declare that all kinds of fruitive activities should be given up as faulty, yet other sages maintain that acts of sacrifice, charity and penance should never be abandoned.
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PURPORT
| There are many activities in the Vedic literature which are subjects of contention. For instance, it is said that an animal can be killed in a sacrifice, yet some maintain that animal killing is completely abominable. Although animal killing in a sacrifice is recommended in the Vedic literature, the animal is not considered to be killed. The sacrifice is to give a new life to the animal. Sometimes the animal is given a new animal life after being killed in the sacrifice, and sometimes the animal is promoted immediately to the human form of life. But there are different opinions among the sages. Some say that animal killing should always be avoided, and others say that for a specific sacrifice it is good. All these different opinions on sacrificial activity are now being clarified by the Lord Himself.
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