bhagavAn not only eats meat, he also likes to watch girls dance seductively. The horror.😂

Quoting from the Adi Parva:

वने काश्चिज्जले काश्चित्काश्चिद्वेश्मसु चाङ्गनाः । यथादेशं यथाप्रीति चिक्रीडुः पार्थकृष्णयोः+
[Some women played about in the forests, some in the waters, some in their apartments, in accordance with the desire and commands of pArtha and kR^iShNa]

Here, bhagavAn with Arjuna watches girls perform seductive dances and so forth. What to speak of meat? As to why he did this+
The names explain why.

“kR^iShNa” – who is always in a state of bliss – has all his desires fulfilled. So, he has no lust for such things. But he is with “pArtha”–his aunt’s son – so, bhagavAn has affection for Arjuna due to his relation to him, and accepts to enjoy with him+
Prior to this happening, it was Arjuna who had requested bhagavAn,

ततः कतिपयाहस्य बीभत्सुः कृष्णमब्रवीत् । उष्णानि कृष्ण वर्तन्ते गच्छावो यमुनां प्रति सुहृज्जनवृतौ तत्र विहृत्य मधुसूदन । सायाह्ने पुनरेष्यावो रोचतां ते जनार्दन+
[Vibhatsu told kR^iShNa – “The summer has come kR^iShNa! Let us go to the Yamuna, and engage in pleasurable acts with our friends, madhusUdhana! Then janArdana, we will return in the evening!]

“vibhatsu” – One who has never committed an evil deed. So, he is dear to bhagavAn+
Arjuna calls bhagavAn

“kR^iShNa” – You who have a bewitching dark form,
"madhusUdhana” – My senses are drinking in your form and thus I seek your company even while desiring other pleasurable things.

“janArdana”  - “You will destroy my desires for other things eventually”+
वासुदेव उवाच। कुन्तीमातर्ममाप्येतद्रोचते यद्वयं जले सुहृज्जनवृताः पार्थ विहरेम यथासुखम्

[vAsudeva said: Son of Kunti! This is also to my pleasure.  Let us go play in the waters with our friends as much as we please]+
“कुन्तीमातर्ममाप्येतद्रोचते” – Because Kunti is my bhakta, and my aunt, you are very dear to me. Hence, what you say, is in accordance to my will.

Whatever bhagavAn does, be it eat meat or watch girls dance sensuously, is for the sake of his devotees only. Nothing more to it.//

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[One who exists with all glories (भव)! Salutations to your anger at the Ocean (भाम)!

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