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Mon, 29 Oct 2007 21:34:02 -0700reddynpSubject: Pleas ePost: RE: Posting to Rama's Food Habbit 7,8,9ramanbilJai Sriman NarayanaKalikalmashaVinaasham Sri Venkatesham aham bhajaamiSir Rama did not eat meat and Srimath Ramayanam does NOT mention that Rama ate meat. There might be an isolated statement in Uththara kandam which perhaps was added later. At the time of Ramayanam, humans were not eating meat; Only the rakshasas were eating meat. Sri Valmiki mentioned about various kinds of meat (derived from various animals) available in the markets of Lanka; He does not mention anything like that in Ayodhya. If Sri Rama or other kshyathrias would have eaten meat, Sri Valmiki would have described various animal foods in Ayodhya. Any reference to meat in Uthara kandam perhaps means protein foods which nourish the growth of the muscle (mamsam), as protein foods are classified as mamsaharam (not nesessarilyderived from animals). It is well known in modern communication theory that during transmission of signals, the signal often gets corrupted (polluted) with noise. The transmitted signal has to be filtered to remove the noise. Srimath Ramayanam occurred in Thrthayugam (26th) and the present yugam is 28th kaliyugam. Therefore, Srimath Ramayanam has to be filtered to de-noise, using the help of Sathvik puranas. According to Sri Valmiki, Sri Rama is Sathvik. It is clearly mentioned in Srimath Bhagavtham and all other sathvik puranas, that only the thamasik(ignorant) people consume meat. Sathvik and Rajasik individuals do not eat meat. In fact, animal killing is forbidden even in Yagnas and yagas. For instance, Srimath Bagavatham, Sri Narada Maha Muni instructs Prachina Barhi to stop animal sacrifices as the sacrificed animals get elevated and wait for the sacrificer to die.such that they can pears and punish the yathana shariram of the sacrificer. All the sathvik puranas say that eating meat leads to karmik reaction and significant suffering in narakam. As Ramayanam (and all other puranas) mentioned that Sri Rama is sathvik, any statement about Sri Rama should be interpreted using Sathvik point of view. Interpretations leading to the idea that Sri Rama ate meat was perhaps injected during the muslim invasion period when hindu kings were loosing. The religious advisers at that time (under the influence of kali, and thamasic gunas) might have interpreted to provide such a meaning so as to authenticate the kings eating meat. In conclusion, Sri Rama did NOT eat meat. Certain amount of chanting of 'Sri Rama" namam (to get rid of kalidosham) is needed before reading or trying to interpret Srimath Ramayanam.In the service of Lord Sri Venkateswara, I remain,SincerelyNarender P. ReddyHari Sharanam, Sri Hari SharanamJai Sriman Narayana