Shloka 37
Ahiṃsā as Threefold Restraint (Mind–Speech–Action) and the Ethics of Consumption
इहलोके च स प्राणी जन्मप्रभृति पार्थिव । सुकृतं कर्म वै भुद्धक्ते धर्मस्य फलमाश्रित:
ihaloke ca sa prāṇī janmaprabhṛti pārthiva | sukṛtaṃ karma vai bhunkte dharmasya phalam āśritaḥ ||
أيها الملك، في هذا العالم نفسه، إن الكائن الحي منذ لحظة ولادته يذوق حقًّا ثمار الأعمال الفاضلة—متمتعًا بها بوصفها ثمرةً تستند إلى الدارما (وتنبثق منها). وتؤكد الآية أن الفعل الأخلاقي ليس أمرًا مجردًا؛ فآثاره تُعاش وتُتذوَّق في الحياة المتجسدة.
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Meritorious action (sukṛta-karma) yields tangible results, and these are experienced by living beings in this very life; the 'fruit' is grounded in dharma, emphasizing ethical causality rather than mere ritual or theory.
Yudhiṣṭhira addresses a kingly interlocutor and articulates a principle of dharma: from birth onward, beings partake of the consequences of their good deeds, framing dharma as a practical source of lived outcomes.