Since, O you of great splendour, the period of life is shortened of persons who kills living creatures or cause them to be killed, it is clear that the person who seeks his own, behoof, I should give up meat altogether.
यस्माद् प्रसति चैवायुर्हिसकानां महाद्युते। तस्माद् विवजयेन्मांसं य इच्छेद् भूतिमात्मनः॥