Manusmriti
या वेदविहिता हिंसा नियताऽस्मिंश्चराचरे । अहिंसामेव तां विद्याद् वेदाद् धर्मो हि निर्बभौ ॥ ४४ ॥
Know that the injury to moving creatures and to those destitute of motion, which the Veda has prescribed for certain occasions, is no injury at all; for the sacred law shone forth from the Veda.
english translation
yA vedavihitA hiMsA niyatA'smiMzcarAcare । ahiMsAmeva tAM vidyAd vedAd dharmo hi nirbabhau ॥ 44 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptया वेदविहिता हिंसा नियताऽस्मिंश्चराचरे । अहिंसामेव तां विद्याद् वेदाद् धर्मो हि निर्बभौ ॥ ४४ ॥
Know that the injury to moving creatures and to those destitute of motion, which the Veda has prescribed for certain occasions, is no injury at all; for the sacred law shone forth from the Veda.
english translation
yA vedavihitA hiMsA niyatA'smiMzcarAcare । ahiMsAmeva tAM vidyAd vedAd dharmo hi nirbabhau ॥ 44 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript