The meat of other animals is like the flesh of one's son. That foolish person, stupefied by folly, who eats meat is considered as the vilest of human beings.
पुत्रमांसोपमं जानन् खादते योऽविचक्षणः। मांसं मोहसमायुक्तः पुरुषः सोऽधमः स्मृतः॥