Shloka 10
यज्ञेऽहिंसा-प्राधान्यम्
Primacy of Non-Harm in Sacrificial Ethics
विष्णुमेवाभिजानन्ति सर्वयज्ञेषु ब्राह्मणा:
viṣṇum evābhijānanti sarvayajñeṣu brāhmaṇāḥ
Bhīṣma said: In every sacrificial rite, the Brahmanas ultimately recognize Viṣṇu alone as the true object of knowledge and worship—the inner Lord to whom all offerings and ritual meanings finally converge.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
All Vedic sacrifices, though diverse in form and deities invoked, culminate in the recognition of Viṣṇu as the ultimate recipient and inner reality of yajña; ritual is thus oriented toward a single supreme principle.
In the Śānti Parva’s instruction on dharma and right understanding, Bhīṣma teaches that learned Brahmanas, when they grasp the true purport of sacrificial rites, identify Viṣṇu as the final focus behind all yajñas.