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It will be pertinent to add here that in his Hindi booklet entitled "Kya
pracheen arya log mansahari the?", Shri Satyanand Shastri has dealt in
detail some of the Vedic references cited by Mr.Jha and they are further
capable of falsifying the interpretations deduced by the author of this
derogatory book. To facilitate their consultation and close understanding,
the following information is furnished:
RgVeda X.16.7 pp.17-20
RgVeda X.27.2 pp.20-21
RgVeda X.28.3 pp.21-23
RgVeda X.68.3 pp.29-30
RgVeda X.85.13pp.11-15
RgVeda X.86.14pp.26
The thesis of Mr.Jha through his book under scrutiny has also
denigrated the Vedic deities namely, Agni,Indra, Pusan,Maruta,
Mitra,Soma,Varuna,Visnu etc. by mentioning that they were fond of eating
flesh of animals specially of the bulls, buffaloes , cows etc. Pages 29-30 of
the book mention that Agni liked buffaloes, Indra had special liking for bulls,
Pusan ate mush, Maruts, Mitra and Varuna liked cows etc. All these terms
denote the various names of the God and indirectly Mr.Jha has tried to
prove Him to be meat-eater .i.e the Creator Himself eating its own creation
, a great PARADOX in itself. Mr.Jha could not comit a greater sin than this,
he being descendent of the Brahamanic lineage has abused his scholarship
and ran to London to get his book published to earn recognition from his
patrons who wish to denigrate the Hindus and their Heritage.
Some references from the Vedas and Mahabharata which condemn
the killing of cows:
AtharvaVeda 1.16.4 Kill the killer of the cow with the bullet of lead.
Atharva Veda 111.30.1 You should impart love to each other as the
non-killable cow does for its calf
RgVeda VII.56.17 Punish the killer of the cow and the man.
RgVeda VIII.101.15 Cow is pure, do not kill it.
RgVeda X.10.87.16 Those who kill the 'Aghanya' the cow which is
not to be killed according Vedic edicts, their heads should be chopped off.
[Translation of this verse in full in Sw. Satya Praksh 's version reads:"O fire
divine, you may tear off the heads of the evil-spirited cannibal who lives on
the flesh of men and who satisfies himself with the flesh of horses and
cattle and who steals for himself the milk of milch-cow".]
YajurVeda XIII.49 Do not kill the cow.
YajurVeda XXX.18 Award death sentence to the killer of the cow.
Mahabharata- Shantiparva 262.47 Cow is called 'aghanya' and
thus non-killable.
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