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TEXT 3

TEXT 3

Tekst

Text

tyājyaṁ doṣa-vad ity eke
karma prāhur manīṣiṇaḥ
yajña-dāna-tapaḥ-karma
na tyājyam iti cāpare
tyājyaṁ doṣa-vad ity eke
karma prāhur manīṣiṇaḥ
yajña-dāna-tapaḥ-karma
na tyājyam iti cāpare

Synonyms

Synonyms

tyājyam — må opgives; doṣa-vat — som et onde; iti — således; eke — én gruppe; karma — handling; prāhuḥ — de hævder, at; manīṣiṇaḥ — store tænkere; yajña — vedrørende ofring; dāna — velgørenhed; tapaḥ — og askese; karma — handling; na — aldrig; tyājyam — må opgives; iti — således; ca — og; apare — andre.

tyājyam — must be given up; doṣa-vat — as an evil; iti — thus; eke — one group; karma — work; prāhuḥ — they say; manīṣiṇaḥ — great thinkers; yajña — of sacrifice; dāna — charity; tapaḥ — and penance; karma — works; na — never; tyājyam — are to be given up; iti — thus; ca — and; apare — others.

Translation

Translation

Nogle lærde hævder, at alle former for frugtstræbende aktiviteter bør undgås som mangelfulde, men andre vismænd fastholder, at ofringshandlinger, velgørenhed og askese aldrig må opgives.

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.

Purport

Purport

FORKLARING: Den vediske litteratur omtaler mange aktiviteter, der giver anledning til strid. For eksempel står der, at man kan dræbe et dyr i et ofringsritual, og dog er der dem, der mener, at dyreslagtning til enhver tid er forkert. Selv om det anbefales i den vediske litteratur at slå et dyr ihjel i et offer, anses dyret ikke for at være dræbt. Ofringsritualet finder sted for at give dyret et nyt liv. Nogle gange får dyret et nyt liv som dyr efter at være blevet dræbt i offerhandlingen, og andre gange bliver dyret forfremmet med det samme til den menneskelige livsform. Men der er forskellige meninger blandt vismændene. Nogle fastholder, at dyredrab bør undgås for enhver pris, mens andre mener, at det kan være godt i forbindelse med visse offerhandlinger. Herren vil nu Selv klargøre alle disse forskellige meninger om ofringsaktiviteter.

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.