No animal sacrifice - Muruga - spiritual story

STORY3.   NO ANIMAL SACRIFICE- DICTATION BY LORD MURUGA 

Once a person by name Narada came to Kartikeya and said, "O Lord, I was performing the sacred 'Ajamedha' sacrifice. But, the 'aja' (goat) that is to be killed and offered as sacrifice has disappeared. I have searched in vain. Some gods or Rakshasas must have taken it away. The    sacrificial rites have come to a halt. You are   the protector of all sacrifices and the Lord of    the Universe. You are the son of Shiva, the   highest deity in any sacrifice. Please get back for me that goat so that my ritual may be COMPLETED 

"Look, the killing of any animal," Kartikeya   told him, "is not correct, for performing any   Yajna completed." 

Kartikeya sent Veerabahu, one of heroes, to  search for Narada's goat. There was no sign of that goat anywhere in the world. Then Veerabahu went to Vaikunta, the world of Mahavishnu, and   found the goat is there. He learnt that as ordered by    Vishnu, his men had taken the goat there to protect its life. Veerabahu brought the goat to Kartikeya. But Kartikeya kept quiet, without immediately handing over the goat to Narada. 

Thereupon Narada requested again and said, "Lord, please give me my goat. I will make a    sacrificial offering of it and complete my     yajna." (Sacrifice). 

Karthikeya said- The Vedas, which are our  ancient  religious texts, do not prescribe it. 

Any yajna has to be performed in a non-violent manner. The word 'Aja', which stands for a goat,  also means that which is not born, meaning rice. 

 So 'Ajamedha' is the Yajna wherein boiled rice  is offered to the fire-god, Agni. So complete  your Yajna eschewing violence. Then you will get   the full credit and profit from the sacrifice." 

Narada accepted this learned exposition of the Yajna.He took the goat with Kartikeya's permission , but did not kill it, and brought it   up. He performed his Yajna in a non-violent  manner and set an ideal for the future generations.