jiyāite pāre yadi, tabe māre prāṇī
veda-purāṇe āche hena ājñā-vāṇī

 jiyāite - to rejuvenate; pāre - one is able; yadi - if; tabe - then; māre - can kill; prāṇī - living being; veda-purāṇe - in the Vedas and Purāṇas; āche - there are; hena - such; ājñā-vāṇī - orders and injunctions.


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“In the Vedas and Purāṇas there are injunctions declaring that if one can revive a living being, one can kill it for experimental purposes.

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