JIHAAD - The Vedas (Hindu
Scripture) type of Jihaad
No beef in Vedas
http://www.petitiononline.com/vedas
To: Verso Books,
London, UK
This petition is to express our deep anguish at the publication of the
book “The Myth of the holy cow” by Mr. D. N. Jha
and demand
its immediate withdrawal and an apology.
The book is based on
misinterpretation of the Vedas and as a result grievously injures the
sentiments of millions of Hindus all over the world. It contains wrong
conclusions and the sole aim of the author has been to prove that the
Vedic texts endorse eating beef.
Vedas are the foundation
of the Hindu
culture, as it existed thousands of years ago until this day. The Hindu
society maintains the cow as a symbol of motherhood. The milk of a cow
fills the need of a hungry infant when mother’s milk is
insufficient. It’s this gratitude for the milk that kids are
taught to hold the cow with the same reverence as their own mother.
Before taking their daily meals devout Hindus take out a portion of
their food as “Gau-grass” (portion of food for the
cow).
Mr. Jha’s
knowledge of Sanskrit
seems to be very narrow and limited as a result he has relied on
misinterpretations of Vedic text. Even to an untrained eye the respect
for cow is self evident in Indian society of current times. Here is a
brief list of Vedic mantras that falsify his assertion about killings
of the cow in Vedic times: Around
five (5) billion people of the World are in Great Danger from Hindus
due to eating Beef (Cow):
Atharva
Veda I.16.4
Kill the killer of the
cow with the bullet of lead.
Atharva
Veda III.30.1
You should impart love
to each other as the non-killable cow does for its calf.
RgVeda
VII.56.17
Punish the killer of the
cow and the man.
RgVeda
VIII.101.15
Cow is pure, do not kill
it.
RgVeda
X.10.87.16
Those who kill the
‘Aghanya’, the cow which is not to be killed
according to
the Vedic edicts, their heads should be chopped off.
Yajur
Veda XIII.49
Do not kill the cow.
YajurVeda
XXX.18
Award death sentence to
the killer of the cow.
RgVeda
VI.28.3 states
Enemy may not use any
“astra” i.e. weapon on cows
RgVeda
VI.28.4 states
Nobody should take them
to butcher house to kill them
Mahabharata-
Shantiparva 262.47
Cow is called
‘aghanya’ and thus non-killable.
We the undersigned have
raised this
issue on behalf of millions of Hindus and others. We will boycott all
products from Verso Books until such time when this book is taken off
the shelves and Mr. Jha and Verso Books publish an apology. We will
also boycott all distributors, agents or representatives of Verso
Books.
Complete article by Mr.
B. D. Ukhul refuting Mr. Jha’s claims:
http://www.aryasamaj.org/eng_art/A_clouds_over_understanding.htm
Verso books:
http://www.versobooks.com/books/ghij/ij-titles/jha_myth_cow.shtml
Sincerely,
The Undersigned