[Advaita-l] An instance of malicious interpretation of the Atharvaśirā upaniṣad

[Sunil Bhattacharjya]

Dear friends,

1)
Sunil KB 
<  is  believed that the sacrificed pashus (obviously the  non-vegetarian pashus) will take 
revenge on the sacrificer  by eating the flesh of the latter (sacrificer), in the next  birth
 and Manu also seems to have indicated this.>
 
Vidyasankar S
<Reference?

Sunil KB
मां स भक्षयित्वा - अमुत्र यस्य मांसम् इह-अद्म्यहम् ।
एतत् - मांसस्य मांसत्वं प्रवदन्ति मनीषिणः ॥ मनु स्मृति ५-५५

2)
Sunil KB
<This can  possibly be obviated if the sacrificed pashu itself is a  non-carnivorous animal 
or if vegetables like Kushmanda are  sacrificed as Bali. The flesh eaters among the Hindus, 
eat  the meat of the non-carnivorous animals. It is also believed  that eating meat of
non-vegetarian pashus (i.e., carnivorous  animals) will make the man more aggressive and 
brutal. However,  Vishwamitra is said to have taken dog's meat to save his  life,  when 
there was a famine, but I do not recollect the  reference at this  time>

Vidyasankar S
< That is Apaddharma. It has nothing  to with normal rules of yajna involving  pashubandha.>

Sunil KB
Yes, this is not among the rules of Manu, nor of yajna. 

Regards,
Sunil KB


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On Mon, 1/16/17, Vidyasankar Sundaresan <svidyasankar at gmail.com> wrote:

 Subject: Re: [Advaita-l] An instance of malicious interpretation of the Atharvaśirā upaniṣad
 To: "Sunil Bhattacharjya" <sunil_bhattacharjya at yahoo.com>, "A discussion group for Advaita Vedanta" <advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org>
 Cc: "Venkatesh Murthy" <vmurthy36 at gmail.com>, "yahoogroups" <advaitin at yahoogroups.com>, "V Subrahmanian" <v.subrahmanian at gmail.com>
 Date: Monday, January 16, 2017, 3:44 PM
 
  is
 believed that the sacrificed pashus (obviously the
 non-vegetarian pashus) will take revenge on the sacrificer
 by eating the flesh of the latter (sacrificer), in the next
 birth and Manu also seems to have indicated this.
 
 Reference?
 This can
 possibly be obviated if the sacrificed pashu itself is a
 non-carnivorous animal or if vegetables like Kushmanda are
 sacrificed as Bali. The flesh eaters among the Hindus, eat
 the meat of the non-carnivorous animals. It is also believed
 that eating meat of non-vegetarian pashus (i.e., carnivorous
 animals) will make the mare aggressive and brutal. However,
 Vishwamitra is said to have taken dog's meat to save his
 life,  when there was a famine, but I do not recollect the
 reference at this
 time
 That is Apaddharma. It has nothing
 to with normal rules of yajna involving
 pashubandha.
 Vidyasankar