Manusmriti Chapter 5 Verse 31 Page

"There is no sin in eating meat, nor in drinking wine, nor in sexual intercourse. That is the natural activity of living beings. But abstention (from these) bears great fruit."

na māṃsa-bhakṣaṇe doṣo na madye na ca maithune | pravṛttir eṣā bhūtānāṃ nivṛttis tu mahā-phalā || 31 || manusmriti chapter 5 verse 31

Here is the full text of , along with its traditional English translation. "There is no sin in eating meat, nor