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Shloka 71

Adhyāya 119: Vyāsa–Kīṭa-saṃvāda

Tapas-bala and karmic ascent across yoni

इमं धर्मममांसादं यश्चरेच्छावयीत वा । अपि चेत्‌ सुदुराचारो न जातु निरयं व्रजेत्‌

imaṃ dharmam amāṃsādaṃ yaś carec chāvayīta vā | api cet sudurācāro na jātu nirayaṃ vrajet ||

قال بهيشما: «مَن عمل بهذا الدَّرْمَة، دَرْمَةِ الامتناع عن أكل اللحم، أو جعل غيره يتعلّمها ويستمع إليها، فإنه لا يسقط قطّ في الجحيم—even إن كان شديد السوء في سلوكه. فمثل هذا الكفّ عن الشهوة، ونشره بين الناس، يُعَدّ هنا تطهيرًا أخلاقيًّا ذا قوة عظيمة.»

इमम्this
इमम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootइदम्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
धर्मम्dharma, rule of conduct
धर्मम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootधर्म
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
अमांसादम्non-meat-eating (abstaining from meat)
अमांसादम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootअमांसाद
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
यःwho
यः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
चरेत्would practice, should observe
चरेत्:
TypeVerb
Rootचर्
FormOptative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
श्रावयीतwould cause to hear, would recite/teach
श्रावयीत:
TypeVerb
Rootश्रु (causative: श्रावय)
FormOptative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
वाor
वा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा
अपिeven, although
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
चेत्if
चेत्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootचेत्
सुदुराचारःa very evil-doer, very wicked person
सुदुराचारः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसुदुराचार
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
जातुever, at any time
जातु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootजातु
निरयम्hell
निरयम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootनिरय
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
व्रजेत्would go, should go (i.e., would fall into)
व्रजेत्:
TypeVerb
Rootव्रज्
FormOptative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

भीष्म उवाच

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Educational Q&A

Abstaining from meat (amāṃsāda) is presented as a highly meritorious ethical discipline; practicing it—or promoting it so others hear and adopt it—has such purifying force that it is said to prevent a fall into hell even for someone otherwise very immoral.

In Anuśāsana Parva, Bhīṣma is instructing Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma. Here he emphasizes a specific moral observance—renouncing meat—and underscores both personal practice and the merit of teaching it to others.