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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 — PALABRA POR PALABRA

tyājyammust be given up
doṣa-vatas an evil
itithus
ekeone group
karmawork
prāhuḥthey say
manīṣiṇaḥgreat thinkers
yajñaof sacrifice
dānacharity
tapaḥand penance
karmaworks
nanever
tyājyamare to be given up
itithus
caand
apareothers

TRANSLATION — TRADUCCION

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.
Algunos eruditos declaran que se deben abandonar todas las clases de actividades fruitivas por considerarlas defectuosas, pero hay otros sabios que mantienen que jamás deben abandonarse las obras de sacrificio, caridad y penitencia.

PURPORT — SIGNIFICADO

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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