It is interesting to note that the cow used to be slaughtered by the ancient
Hindus to enjoy its beef, entertain the guests and offer it as sacrifice to
their nude deities.(But now Cow eating punishable by Hindu Law ,passed against
beef eating muslims,christians and majority Low castes)
[Mahatma] Gandhi himself says, "I know there are scholars who tell us that
cow-sacrifice is mentioned in the Vedas. I... read a sentence in our Sanskrit
text-book to the effect that Brahmins of old [period] used to eat beef" [M.K.
Gandhi, Hindu Dharma, New Delhi, 1991, p. 120]. He, however, refrained from
showing enough courage in clearly speaking the truth, may be because he did not
like to hurt the sentiments of the people who were the main source
of his political strength.
There are clear evidences in the Rig Veda, the most sacred Hindu scripture,
that the cow used to be sacrificed by Hindus for religious purposes. For
instance, Hymn CLXIX of the Rig Veda says:
"May the wind blow upon our cows with healing; may they eat herbage ...
Like-coloured various-hued or single- coloured whose names through sacrifice
are known to Agni, Whom the Angirases produced by Ferbvour - vouschsafe to
these, Parjanya, great.protection. Those who have offered to the gods their
bodies whose varied forms are all well known to Soma" [The Rig Veda (RV),
translated by Ralph H. Griffith, New York, 1992, p. 647].
In the Rig Veda (RV: VIII.43.11) Agni is described as "fed on ox and cow"
suggesting that cattle were sacrificed and roasted in fire. Another hymn (RV:
X.16.7) mentions the ritual enveloping of the corpse with cow flesh before
applying the fire on it.
In the Brahmanas at 1.15 in the Aiteriya Brahmana, the kindling of Agni on the
arrival of King Some is compared to the slaughter of a bull or a barren cow on
the arrival of a human king or other dignitary (But now punishable by the Laws
passed by Hindu BJP Lunatics)
Similarly, at II.1.11.1 in the Taiteriya Brahmana and XXXI.14.5 in the
Panchavinsha Brahmana, the rishi Agastya is credited with the slaughter of a
hundred bulls.
In verse III.1.2.21 in the Satapatha Brahmana, sage Yajnavalkaya asserts that
even though the cow is the supporter of everyone, he would eat beef "if it is
luscious." At IV.5-2.1 in the same Brahmana, it is said that a barren cow can
be slaughtered in the Some sacrifice. Not only for religious purposes, but also
for other purposes one could kill a cow and eat beef. Thus at II.4.2 of the
same Brahmana, it is suggested that a fat bull or fat goat
should be sacrificed in honour of an important guest.
Similarly, the Brihadaranyaka Upanishada (VI.4.18) advises a couple to take an
evening meal of beef or veal pulao,and have bull and cow like sex if they
desire to beget a son who is learned in the Vedas [Robert Trumbull, As I see
India, London, 1957, p.241].
Even God Rama took a Dowry(punishable by secular India's Laws) of thousands of
Cows and Bullocks in the marriage to Sita.
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