Padma Purana — Srishti Khanda, Shloka 139
Puṣkara Mahatmya: Brahmā’s Lotus-Tīrtha, Sacrifice, Initiation, and Kṣetra-Dharma
एकस्मिन्निहते यस्मात्कोटिर्भवति घातिता । एकं वेदांतगं विप्रं भोजयेच्छ्रद्धयान्वितः
ekasminnihate yasmātkoṭirbhavati ghātitā | ekaṃ vedāṃtagaṃ vipraṃ bhojayecchraddhayānvitaḥ
કારણ એક જીવની હત્યા કરવી કરોડ હત્યાના સમાન ગણાય છે. તેથી શ્રદ્ધાપૂર્વક વેદાંતમાં સ્થિત એક બ્રાહ્મણને પણ ભોજન કરાવવું જોઈએ.
Unspecified in the provided excerpt (context-dependent within Sṛṣṭikhaṇḍa 15)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: karuna
Sandhi Resolution Notes: ekasminnihate = ekasmin + nihate; yasmātkoṭiḥ = yasmāt + koṭiḥ; koṭirbhavati = koṭiḥ + bhavati; bhojayecchraddhayānvitaḥ = bhojayet + śraddhayā + anvitaḥ.
FAQs
It recommends feeding a single brāhmaṇa who is established in Vedānta, and doing so with śraddhā (faith).
It uses hyperbole to stress that even one act of killing carries immense demerit, while a focused act of charity—feeding a realized Vedāntin brāhmaṇa—can be a powerful meritorious counter-practice.
It emphasizes restraint from violence (ahiṃsā) and encourages reparative, faith-filled generosity directed toward spiritual learning and those grounded in it.