Shloka 3
मांसभक्षण-दोषाः तथा अहिंसाया माहात्म्यम् | Faults of Meat-Consumption and the Supremacy of Ahiṃsā
बृहस्पतिजीने कहा--भरतश्रेष्ठ! ये छः प्रकारके कर्म ही धर्मजनक हैं तथा सब-के- सब भिन्न-भिन्न कारणोंसे प्रकट हुए हैं। मैं इन छहोंका वर्णन करता हूँ; तुम सुनो ।।
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca — hanta niḥśreyasaṁ jantor ahaṁ vakṣyāmy anuttamam | ahiṁsā-pāśrayaṁ dharmaṁ yaḥ sādhayati vai naraḥ ||
قال بْرِهَسْپَتِي: «يا خيرَ آلِ بهاراتا، إن هذه الأنواع الستة من الأعمال تُنْشِئ الدهرما، وقد ظهرت كلُّها لأسبابٍ شتّى. والآن سأُبيّن للحيّ سبيلَ الخيرِ الأعلى الذي لا يُدانى. فمن أقام الدهرما على أساس اللاعنف نال الفلاحَ الحقّ—باقتلاع الوهم، والكِبْر، والحسد، وبكبح الشهوة والغضب على الدوام.»
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The supreme welfare (niḥśreyasa) is attained through dharma that is grounded in ahiṁsā (non-violence), supported by inner discipline—especially the restraint of desire and anger and the removal of delusion, pride, and envy.
In the Anuśāsana Parva’s instruction on dharma, Yudhiṣṭhira speaks and introduces a teaching on the highest good, emphasizing non-violence as the foundation of righteous living and spiritual success.