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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 8, Ch. 8]
and  sumanda-matayaḥ , misled by false conceptions of life, they are killing cows in the thousands. Therefore they are unfortunate in spiritual consciousness, and nature disturbs them in so many ways, especially through incurable diseases like cancer and through frequent wars and among nations. As long as human society continues to allow cows to be regularly killed in slaughterhouses, there cannot be any question of peace and prosperity.
TEXT 12
ऋषयः कल्पयाश्चक्रुराभिषेकं यथाविधि । जगुर्भद्राणि गन्धर्वा नट्यश्च ननृतुर्जगुः ॥१२॥
ṛṣayaḥ kalpayām cakrur ābhiṣekam yathā-vidhi jagur bhadrāṇi gandharvā naṭyaś ca nanṛtur jaguḥ
ṛṣayaḥ —the great sages;  kalpayām cakruḥ —executed;  ābhiṣekam —the  abhiṣeka  ceremony, which is required during the installation of the Deity;  yathā-vidhi —as directed in the authorized scriptures;  jaguḥ —chanted Vedic mantras;  bhadrāṇi —all good fortune;  gandharvāḥ —and the inhabitants of Gandharvaloka;  naṭyaḥ —the women who were professional dancers;  ca —also;  nanṛtuḥ —very nicely danced on the occasion;  jaguḥ —and sang authorized songs prescribed in the  Vedas .
TRANSLATION
The great sages performed the bathing ceremony of the goddess of fortune as directed in the authorized scriptures, the Gandharvas chanted all-auspicious Vedic mantras, and the professional women dancers very nicely danced and sang authorized songs prescribed in the  Vedas .
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मेघा मृदङ्गपणवमुरजानकगोमुखान् । व्यनादयन् शङ्खवेणुवणास्तुमुलनिःस्वनान् ॥१३॥