Shloka 59
Adhyāya 119: Vyāsa–Kīṭa-saṃvāda
Tapas-bala and karmic ascent across yoni
नाभागेनाम्बरीषेण गयेन च महात्मना । आयुनाथानरण्येन दिलीपरघुपूरुभि:
nābhāgenāmbarīṣeṇa gayena ca mahātmanā | āyunāthānaraṇyena dilīparaghupūrubhiḥ |
Bhīṣma dit : « Ô fils de Kuntī, des rois tels que Nābhāga, Ambarīṣa, le magnanime Gaya, Āyu, Anaraṇya, Dilīpa, Raghu et Pūru —qui observèrent le vœu de s’abstenir de viande au mois d’Āśvina durant les deux quinzaines (ou même une seule)— en vinrent, pour ainsi dire, à s’identifier au Soi de tous les êtres et obtinrent la connaissance des principes suprême et relatif (parāvara). »
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhishma teaches that disciplined restraint—here, abstaining from meat during a sacred period—purifies conduct and mind, leading to expanded compassion toward all beings and culminating in higher spiritual insight (knowledge of parāvara-tattva).
In Bhishma’s instruction to Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma, he cites exemplary kings who observed a specific vow in the month of Āśvina. Their ethical self-restraint is presented as the cause of profound spiritual attainment and universal identification with the Self of all beings.