Desirous of winning great merit as you are, this is, indeed, a mark of your ignorance of the rites of sacrifice. O Purandara, animals have not been ordained to be killed in sacrifices,
अपरिज्ञानमेतत् ते महान्तं धर्ममिच्छतः। न हि यज्ञे पशुगण विधिदृष्टाः पुरंदर॥