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Originally posted by: metacrisis

Brahmins also were omnivores. The meat that was offered as 'sacrifice' for yajnas etc wasn't thrown into the fire right; it was later served as lunch/dinner to all priests/guests.

One clear example of Brahmins+meat is the story of Shukracharya being fed the remains of his favourite student Kacha by his other demon students. So, even though he was disgusted by the accidental cannibalism, he was quite accustomed to eating non-human meat.

It was only after this incident that I think Shukracharya stopped eating meat, but that was due to the trauma of having eaten his student, not for any religious reason.

I am not familiar with your version. The story of Kaca and Śukra in Mahābhārata Ādiparvan 71.33 and 71.54 is about wine, not meat.

tato dvitīyaṃ hatvā taṃ dagdhvā kṛtvā ca cūrṇaśaḥ

prāyacchan brāhmaṇāy'aiva surāyām Asurās tadā

Then killing him a second time, the Asuras burned him, made powder, and offered it in wine to that same brāhmaṇa at the time.

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yo brāhmaṇo'dya prabhṛt'īha kaś cin

mohāt surāṃ pāsyati manda-buddhiḥ

apeta-dharmo brahmahā c'aiva sa syād

asmiṃl loke garhitaḥ syāt pare ca

Whichever slow-witted brāhmaṇa hereafter shall thus deludedly drink wine, he shall be a strayer from dharma, and indeed guilty of brahman-slaying in this world, and shall be reviled in the next.

A clear example of brāhmaṇas eating meat is the story of Ilvala serving his brother Vātāpi as mutton to brāhmaṇas, and calling Vātāpi back to life, which disemboweled the brāhmaṇas. Agastya digested Vātāpi before he could be revived.

Another example is the brāhmaṇa who asked Mitrasaha Saudāsa for a meal of meat, and cursed him for serving human flesh.

Ooh I think the bangla versions decided meat was more acceptable than wine in the story. 😅 Good to know!

Originally posted by: NerdyMukta

I learned today that Prabhu Ram ate meat though he stopped eating met during the 14 years in exile. Is that correct?

Also, were the Kauravs, Pandavs and Shri Krishna non vegetarian too?

Why would Rāma, Lakṣmaṇa, and Sītā stop eating meat when it was most readily available? In Ayodhyākāṇḍa 50.15-19, as soon as they decide to stay in Citrakūṭa, Rāma orders Lakṣmaṇa to kill a black antelope and cook the meat for yajña. In Ayodhyākāṇḍa 78.9-16, Guha greets Bharata with fish, meat, and wine. Bhāradvāja offers wine and meat to Bharata's army in Ayodhyākāṇḍa 85.18-65.

Pāṇḍavas ate so much meat during their forest exile that animals of Dvaitavana appeared in Yudhiṣṭhira's dream, urging him to leave so that they could repopulate (Āraṇyakaparvan chapter 244). Shortly after that, Kṛṣṇā Draupadī offered fifty animals as breakfast to Jayadratha, saying that her husbands had gone hunting for more (Āraṇyakaparvan chapter 251).

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Kṛṣṇa ate meat that was offered in the yajña dedicated to Govardhana (Harivaṃśa chapter 60).

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Originally posted by: metacrisis

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