Shloka : 12
देवतापितृयागार्थमप्यजादेश्च हिंसनम् ।
न कर्तव्यमहिंसैव धर्म: प्रोक्तोऽस्ति यन्महान् ॥ 12 ॥
અને દેવતા અને પિતૃ તેના યજ્ઞને અર્થે પણ બકરાં, મૃગલાં, શશલાં, માછલાં આદિક કોઈ જીવની હિંસા ન કરવી; કેમ જે અહિંસા છે તે જ મોટો ધર્મ છે એમ સર્વ શાસ્ત્રમાં કહ્યું છે. ॥ 12 ॥
And goats, deer, rabbits, fish etc. animals should not be sacrificed even to please the deity and Pitrus as all the scriptures say that non-violence is the supreme doctrine. || 12 ||
Commentary
Bhagwan Shri Sahajanand Swami has denied the worldly violence and now is denying the Vedic violence. Goats, sheep, horses, deer etc. animals and even birds should not be sacrificed to please the deities of Rajas and Tamas Prakriti and the Pitrus. For that purpose any living being should not be harmed through thought, word or deed. Because, non-violence is the only supreme doctrine. The deities, who are being offered wine, meat etc. and for whom living beings are being sacrificed, should not be followed or worshipped by the devotees of Shri Hari. Moreover, Shri Hari says that whoever commits the violence, which is forbidden by Him, their progeny shall diminish, their efforts would never be fulfilled and those people would attain the worst kind of hell after their death.
People are attracted towards sexual pleasures, meat and wine instinctively; nobody inspires or insists for such activities; such activities are passionately indulged into by the people of Rajas and Tamas prakriti and of evil nature. Wherever such statements are mentioned in the scriptures, they are not the best statements; but just to defend the violence. There is a possibility that violence could have been committed due to false attachement or during some calamities and such statements could have been mentioned in the scriptures. Such justification is not genuine but only illusory religious. Therefore, the seekers on the path of Salvation and the divine beings should avoid or abstain from such activities.
The scriptures, which justify the violence that leads to the cycle of birth and death, should not be considered authentic. By practising violence one attains nothing except the world of miseries. Only those people commit the acts of violence who do not follow the code of conduct, who are foolish, atheist or skeptic and are not aware of the teachings of the scriptures.
Shraddh ceremonies should be performed using 'Sama', a type of pious grain, but meat should not be used.
Shri Hari has discriminated the violence based religions and non-violence based religions as such, "The religions based on violence are binding and are based on Dharma, Arth and Kama; the religions based on non-violence lead you towards salvation. Also, nobody can attain salvation through violence based religion. Therefore, all my devotees should follow non-violence based religion".
When a devotee considers all the materialistic possessions, that of inferior quality in comparison to God and His devotees and diverts his full devotion towards God, his violent tendencies are uprooted.