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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta
[Ādi-lilā, Ch. 17]
food grains and our mother gives us milk with which to live, the cow and bull are considered our father and mother. According to Vedic civilization, there are seven mothers, of which the cow is one. Therefore Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu challenged the Mohammedan Kazi, "What kind of religious principle do you follow by killing your father and mother to eat them?" In any civilized human society, no one would dare kill his father and mother for the purpose of eating them. Therefore Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu challenged the system of Mohammedan religion as patricide and matricide. In the Christian religion also, a principal commandment is "Thou shalt not kill." Nevertheless, Christians violate this rule; they are very expert in killing and in opening slaughterhouses. In our Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement, our first provision is that no one should be allowed to eat any kind of flesh. It does not matter whether it is cows' flesh or goats' flesh, but we especially stress the prohibition against cows' flesh because according to  śāstra  the cow is our mother. Thus the Mohammedans' cow killing was challenged by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
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काञी कहे,—तेमार येहे वेद-पुराण। तेहे अमिर माञ्च —केताव 'काराण' ॥ १८८ ॥
kājī kahe,—tomāra yaiche veda-purāṇa taiche āmāra śāstra—ketāva 'korāṇa'
SYNONYMS
kājī kahe —the Kazi replies;  tomāra —Your;  yaiche —as much as;  veda-purāṇa —the Vedas and  Purāṇas ;  taiche —similarly;  āmāra —our;  śāstra —scripture;  ketāva —the holy book;  korāṇa —the Koran.
TRANSLATION
The Kazi replied: "As You have Your scriptures called the Vedas and Purāṇas, we have our scripture, known as the holy Koran.
PURPORT
Chand Kazi agreed to talk with Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu on the strength of the scriptures. According to the Vedic scripture, if one can support his position by quoting from the  Vedas , his argument is perfect. Similarly, when the Mohammedans support their position with quotations from the Koran, their arguments are also authorized. When Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu raised the question of the Mohammedans' cow killing and bull killing, Chand Kazi came to the standard of understanding from his scriptures.
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সেই শাস্ত্রে কহে,—প্রবৃত্তি-নিবৃত্তি-মার্গ-ভেদ। নিবৃত্তি-মার্গে জীবমাত্র-বধের নিষেধ ॥ ১২৬ ॥