Manusmriti
क्रीत्वा स्वयं वाऽप्युत्पाद्य परोपकृतमेव वा । देवान् पितॄंश्चार्चयित्वा खादन् मांसं न दुष्यति ॥ ३२ ॥
He who eats meat, when he honours the gods and manes, commits no sin, whether he has bought it, or himself has killed (the animal), or has received it as a present from others.
english translation
krItvA svayaM vA'pyutpAdya paropakRtameva vA । devAn pitRRMzcArcayitvA khAdan mAMsaM na duSyati ॥ 32 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptक्रीत्वा स्वयं वाऽप्युत्पाद्य परोपकृतमेव वा । देवान् पितॄंश्चार्चयित्वा खादन् मांसं न दुष्यति ॥ ३२ ॥
He who eats meat, when he honours the gods and manes, commits no sin, whether he has bought it, or himself has killed (the animal), or has received it as a present from others.
english translation
krItvA svayaM vA'pyutpAdya paropakRtameva vA । devAn pitRRMzcArcayitvA khAdan mAMsaM na duSyati ॥ 32 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript