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Guna and Dosha
How can the Vedas recommend sense enjoyments to people, who, ignorant of their purpose, are already wandering in the path of misery and falling into blinding darkness, and who follow the teachings of the Vedas (Karma Kanda)? Why should the Vedas teach them attachment to such things? Some ignorant people say so without knowing the purport of the Vedas. They talk of the flowery descriptions of the fruits of works mentioned in the Karma Kanda of the Vedas. But those who know the true meaning of the Vedas do not talk about the promise of fruits. [The view that the Veda teaches the way to the attainment of Svarga or fleeting pleasures is incorrect. The real purpose of the Veda is to teach the way to final emancipation.]
Those who are full of desires, who are mean and greedy, who mistake flowers for fruits i.e., who regard unreal objects as real are deluded by sacrifices performed with the help of fire, which lead them to Pitriyana or the path of smoke. They are born again on this earth after temporary enjoyment in Svarga. They never know the truth of their own Self.
O dear one, though I am seated in their heart, though I am the cause of the universe, yet they do not know Me, because they only talk of sacrificial acts and seek to satisfy their own appetite slike those whose eyesight is dimmed by mist.
If one has a passion for killing animals, it is restricted to sacrifices. He may satisfy it only in sacrifices. It is not a rule compelling anybody to kill. These wicked people who want to satisfy their senses do not understand My view-point. They take delight in killing animals for their own pleasure and worship the gods, the Pitris and ghosts by killing animals in sacrifices.
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