मांसभेदकथनम्, बलिपशुनिरूपणम्The kinds of meat; the animal of the bali
Verse 5
मांसन्तु त्रिविधं प्रोक्तं जलभूचरखेचरम् । यस्मात् तस्मात् समानीतं येन तेन विघातितम् । तत् सर्वं देवताप्रीत्यै भवेदेव न संशयः ॥ ५ ॥
māṁsantu trividhaṁ prōktaṁ jalabhūcarakhēcaram | yasmāt tasmāt samānītaṁ yēna tēna vighātitam | tat sarvaṁ dēvatāprītyai bhavēdēva na saṁśayaḥ || 5 ||
Translation
Meat is said to be of three kinds: of what moves in water, on land and in the sky. From wherever it is brought and by whomever it was killed, all of it is for the pleasure of the deity, without doubt.
Word by word
- māṁsan
- (māṁsam) meat
- tu
- and
- trividhaṁ
- of three kinds
- prōktaṁ
- is said
- jala
- water
- bhū
- land
- cara
- moving
- khēcaram
- moving in the sky
- yasmāt
- from where
- tasmāt
- from there
- samānītaṁ
- brought
- yēna
- by whom
- tēna
- by him
- vighātitam
- killed
- tat
- that
- sarvaṁ
- all
- dēvatā
- deity
- prītyai
- for the pleasure
- bhavēd
- (bhavet) is
- ēva
- indeed
- na
- no
- saṁśayaḥ
- doubt
Meaning
The commentary gives examples: the tortoise among water creatures, the goat on land, the partridge and green pigeon in the sky. What the Tantra prescribes here is its own teaching, given as the text presents it; taking up any practice is a matter for one's tradition and teacher.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
He shows that meat is of three kinds, with "jala…". Jalacara, moving in water: the meat of the tortoise and the like. Bhūcara, moving on land: the meat of the goat and the like. Khecara, moving in the sky: the meat of the partridge, the green pigeon and the like. Tat sarvam: all that meat.