It is heard that Brahmavadins point out three causes (for the sin of eating meat). That sin may attach to the mind, to words, and to deeds.
विकारणं तु निर्दिष्टं श्रूयते ब्रह्मवादिभिः। मनो वाचि तथाऽऽस्वादे दोषा ह्येषु प्रतिष्ठिताः॥