The Vedanta Sutras of Badarayana: Third Adhyâya. First Pâda.: III, 1, 25
25. Should it be said that (sacrificial work is) unholy; we deny this on the ground of scripture.
We proceed to refute the remark made by the pûrvapakshin that sacrificial works are unholy because involving harm done to animals, &c., that they may therefore lead to unpleasant results, and that hence the statement as to the souls being born as plants, &c., may be taken in its
