### CC Adi 17.160

> জিয়াইতে পারে যদি, তবে মারে প্রাণী ।\
> বেদ-পুরাণে আছে হেন আজ্ঞা-বাণী ॥১৬০॥

> 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.

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