SWAMI SRI VEERABRAHMENDRA

A Monograph on Pothuluru Veerabrahmendra Swamy

Again the Hindu, in his own turn of performing the rituals, particularly the Yajna and Yaga, never hesitates to kill his own sacred ‘Gomata’ and have its cooked ‘Vapa’ as the devine food which may seem nonsensical to a rational mind. The Aswamedha Yaga is a ritual in which a horse is sacrificed. In the ajamedha the goat, in the gomedha the cow and in the naramedha the man himself is offered to the sacred Gods. The killing of these living beings is not a sin and on the other hand it is considered to be a pious act by which the performer OF the Yajna attains liberation (Moksha).

Let the killer be a Hindu or a Muslim: Let it be a ritual or a feast: The killing of a living being is a cruel act. Such voilent activity on the part of a human being is barbarous and hence requires to be put an end to. Goutama Buddha advocated this tenet, time and again. A galaxy of saints advocated it. The concept of nonviolence was accepted in Vedas on a broad principle. But the principle was lost sight of when it come to the question of performing the rituals like Yajna.

Veerabrahmam took objections to it while he was still a teenager. He was totally opposed to the very idea which seemed to him rather an unpardonable cruel act.

He observed that the Hindu was no less cruel than a Muslim when it comes to the question of killing the innocent animal, be it for the purpose of a pious ritual or for the purpose of a favourite dish.

Veerabrahmam made up his mind to put an end to all such inhuman practices.