Was Lord Rama a non-vegetarian?

The English as well as the Hindi translations of the Ramayana may leave you confused that whether he ate meat or not, but evidently left it after Sita’s kidnap or maybe he never ate meat but he started eating during his exile. There is no evidence to prove that Lord Rama was a non-vegetarian or either vegetarian.

Does Lord Rama used to eat meat?

The Brihadaranyaka Upanishad has reference to meat cooked with rice. Also the Ramayana, where during their sojourn in the Dandakaranya forest, Rama, Lakshmana and Sita are said to have relished such rice (with meat and vegetables). All in all, meat till then appears to have been deemed a nourishing food.

Was Arjun a non-vegetarian?

They do not eat tamasic food. Lord Krishna taught Arjuna in Gita that meat is tamasic and should not be eaten and according to Gita Arjuna was Lord Krishna’s disciple, and thus obeyed him naturally. Would it make him any less warrior or your affection level for him? Yes, he was non-vegetarian.

Did Lord Rama eat cow meat?

When Rama is on plain regions or in his kingdom he was a vegetarian. But when he was living in forests then he used to be non-vegetarian. But that never says that he started eating beef. Deep Forest have plenty of other animals while cow,buffalo etc mainly live on the edge of forest or plains.

Can we read Ramayana after eating non veg?

Yes you can read it only as a book but not as Divine knowledge. Non Veg is Tamsik food and who eats Non Veg do Sins in their Every Non Veg meal.

Does Shiva accept meat?

Shiva’s fondness for meat is further emphasised when Jarasandha, a devotee of Shiva, keeps kings as captives only to kill them and offer their flesh to Shiva. Shiva’s meat-eating habits find a clear voice in the Vedas as well as the Puranas, but his association with wine-drinking seems a later appendage.

Did Lord Krishna consume alcohol?

Like Indra, many other Vedic gods were soma drinkers but they do not seem to have been tipplers. In the Mahabharata, for example, Sanjay describes Krishna (an incarnation of the god Vishnu) and Arjuna in the company of Draupadi and Satyabhama (wife of Krishna and an incarnation of Bhudevi), exhilarated by Bassia wine.