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Viswamitra was a non-vegetarian and ate meat, this is mentioned in
several places in the Puranas. Once he even ate dog's meat when none
other was available. Secondly in the legends of Parasurama, in the
Brahma Purana, it clearly states that the Haihaya king ate cows and in
one place mentions that it was customary in Magadha to eat cows. The
similarity between Vishwamitra's story and Parasurama's story is
obvious.
Secondly Viswamitra was travelling with his army or hunting party when
he arrived at Vasishta's ashram. Once he did, the story goes that
Vasishta couldn't understand why should Viswamitra "take the cow" when
the cow would give him all the food he needed -- milk etc. Viswamitra
was pressed for meat probably because he was travelling with others.
Mr. Tiwari should also know that at the time, there was very little
game around. The Purana describes it as a some sort of a dry spell
for hunting, though it doesn't give a reason. Later Viswamitra was
quite grateful to Trisanku for providing meat for his family when he
was away.
I wanted to add that Satyavrata, later known as Trishanku, also killed
a cow and fed the meat to Vishwamitra's family during the time when
wild game was scarce. He actually killed Vasistha's cow and Vasistha
was furious with him for it. Since Vishwamitra wasn't furious with
him for feeding the meat of cows to his family, we can assume that he
did not object to the killing and eating of cows.
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