Shloka 82
Atithi-prāpti and the Brāhmaṇa’s Deliberation on Triadic Dharma (अतिथिप्राप्तिः धर्मत्रयविचारश्च)
इदं कृतयुगं नाम काल: श्रेष्ठ: प्रवर्तित: । अहिंस्या यज्ञपशवो युगे5स्मिन् न तदन््यथा,“यह सत्ययुग नामक श्रेष्ठ समय चल रहा है। इस युगमें यज्ञ-पशुओंकी हिंसा नहीं की जाती। अहिंसा-धर्मके विपरीत यहाँ कुछ भी नहीं होता है
idaṃ kṛtayugaṃ nāma kālaḥ śreṣṭhaḥ pravartitaḥ | ahiṃsyā yajñapaśavo yuge 'smin na tad anyathā ||
قال فايشامبايانا: «هذا هو العصر المسمّى كِرتايوغا (Kṛtayuga)، وهو أزكى الأزمنة وقد بدأ دورانه الآن. في هذا اليوغا لا تُؤذى حيوانات القربان في اليَجْنَة؛ ولا يقع هنا شيءٌ يخالف دارما الأَهِمْسا—مبدأ اللاعنف.»
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse presents Kṛtayuga as the highest moral order where ahiṃsā (non-violence) governs conduct, explicitly extending to ritual life: even sacrificial contexts do not permit harm to animals, and nothing proceeds against the principle of non-violence.
Vaiśampāyana describes the defining character of Kṛtayuga within a broader Śānti Parva discussion of dharma and yuga-conditions, emphasizing that this age is marked by the absence of violence, including the non-killing of animals in yajñas.