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srinath_atreya wrote: Sun, 17 Aug 2003 00:53:07 -0700 (PDT)

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srinath_atreya Subject: No beef in Vedas

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**Personal comments from "srinath_atreya ":|| Hari Om ||Cow is sacred

and embodiment of all good, divine things. Cow slaughter brings only war and

desctruction for the mankind. Vedas and all Hindu Dharma Shastras clearly

condemn cow slaughter with one voice. It is foolishness of the n'th order and

also a sinister design to say that the vedas approved cow slaugher.Hence I feel

it is the duty of every right thinking BhAratheeya (Indian) to do his

best to compell the publisher to withdraw this book. The least one can do is sign this petition:

 

No beef in Vedas

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Verso Books, London, UK This petition is to express our deep anguish at the

publication of the book “The Myth of the holy cow” by Mr. D. N. Jha and demand

its immediate withdrawal and an apology.The book is based on misinterpretation

of the Vedas and as a result grievously injures the sentiments of millions of

Hindus all over the world. It contains wrong conclusions and the sole aim of

the author has been to prove that the Vedic texts endorse eating beef. Vedas

are the foundation of the Hindu culture, as it existed thousands of years ago

until this day. The Hindu society maintains the cow as a symbol of motherhood.

The milk of a cow fills the need of a hungry infant when mother’s milk is

insufficient. It’s this gratitude for the milk that kids are taught to hold the

cow with the same reverence as their own mother. Before taking their daily meals

devout Hindus take out a portion of their food as “Gau-grass” (portion of food

for the cow). Mr. Jha’s knowledge of Sanskrit seems to be

very narrow and limited as a result he has relied on misinterpretations of Vedic

text. Even to an untrained eye the respect for cow is self evident in Indian

society of current times. Here is a brief list of Vedic mantras that falsify

his assertion about killings of the cow in Vedic times:Atharva Veda I.16.4 Kill

the killer of the cow with the bullet of lead.Atharva Veda III.30.1 You should

impart love to each other as the non-killable cow does for its calf.RgVeda

VII.56.17Punish the killer of the cow and the man.RgVeda VIII.101.15Cow is

pure, do not kill it.RgVeda X.10.87.16Those who kill the ‘Aghanya’, the cow

which is not to be killed according to the Vedic edicts, their heads should be

chopped off. Yajur Veda XIII.49Do not kill the cow. YajurVeda XXX.18Award death

sentence to the killer of the cow. RgVeda VI.28.3 statesEnemy may not use any

“astra” i.e. weapon on cowsRgVeda VI.28.4 statesNobody should

take them to butcher house to kill themMahabharata- Shantiparva 262.47 Cow is

called ‘aghanya’ and thus non-killable.We the undersigned have raised this

issue on behalf of millions of Hindus and others. We will boycott all products

from Verso Books until such time when this book is taken off the shelves and

Mr. Jha and Verso Books publish an apology. We will also boycott all

distributors, agents or representatives of Verso Books.Complete article by Mr.

B. D. Ukhul refuting Mr. Jha’s claims:

http://www.aryasamaj.org/eng_art/A_clouds_over_understanding.htmVerso

books:http://www.versobooks.com/books/ghij/ij-titles/jha_myth_cow.shtml

Sincerely, The Undersigned

 

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