Mahabharata — Anushasana Parva, Shloka 10

मांसभक्षण-दोषाः तथा अहिंसाया माहात्म्यम् | Faults of Meat-Consumption and the Supremacy of Ahiṃsā

Devanagari script

यथा पर: प्रक्रमते परेषु तथापरे प्रक्रमन्ते परस्मिन्‌ । तथैव ते<स्तूपमा जीवलोके यथा धर्मो नैपुणेनोपदिष्ट:

Transliteration

yathā paraḥ prakramate pareṣu tathāpare prakramante parasmin | tathaiva te 'stūpamā jīvaloke yathā dharmo naipuṇenopadiṣṭaḥ ||

Translation

Yudhiṣṭhira said: “As a man advances aggressively against others, so do others, when the occasion arises, advance against him. Take this as an illustration for yourself in the world of living beings. Therefore one should not attack anyone. In this way, dharma is taught here with skill and discernment.”

Word by Word

• यथा: just as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• परः: another person
• परः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रक्रमते: advances/attacks
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + क्रम्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Atmanepada

• परेषु: upon others
• परेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• तथा: so/in the same way
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• अपरे: others (the rest)
• अपरे: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अपर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• प्रक्रमन्ते: advance/attack
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + क्रम्
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Atmanepada

• परस्मिन्: upon that other (person)
• परस्मिन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• तथा: thus/in the same way
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• ते: to you/for you
• ते: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Dative, Singular

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• उपमा: an example/analogy
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपमा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• जीवलोके: in the world of living beings
• जीवलोके: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: जीवलोक
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• यथा: as/just as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• धर्मः: dharma/righteous conduct
• धर्मः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नैपुणेन: with skill/cleverness
• नैपुणेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नैपुण
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• उपदिष्टः: taught/instructed
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप + दिश्
• Form: kta (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Passive (participial)

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira