Shloka 11
अध्याय ३३७ — ज्ञानमार्ग-वैविध्यप्रश्नः तथा व्यासस्य नारायणोद्भवकथा
Systems of Knowledge and Vyāsa’s Nārāyaṇa-Origin
अहिंस्न: शुचिरक्षुद्रो निराशी: कर्मसंस्तुत: । आरण्यकपदोदभूता भागास्तत्रोपकल्पिता:
ahiṃsnaḥ śucir akṣudro nirāśīḥ karmasaṃstutaḥ | āraṇyakapadodbhūtā bhāgās tatropakalpitāḥ ||
ভীষ্মে ক’লে—তেওঁলোক অহিংস, শুচি, উদাৰ আৰু কামনাৰহিত আছিল; প্ৰশংসনীয় ভাৱে কৰ্মত প্ৰবৃত্ত হৈছিল। সেই যজ্ঞত দেৱতাসকলৰ ভাগ অৰণ্যজাত ফল-মূল আদি দ্ৰব্যৰ দ্বাৰাই সজাই তোলা হৈছিল।
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
True dharmic action is marked by non-violence, purity, and freedom from selfish desire; even ritual can be aligned with ethics by using harmless, simple offerings and right intention.
Bhishma describes a form of sacrifice in which the participants are non-violent and desireless, and the gods’ allotted portions are prepared from forest produce (fruits and roots), emphasizing an austere, ethically restrained ritual practice.