Shloka 10
यज्ञेऽहिंसा-प्राधान्यम्
Primacy of Non-Harm in Sacrificial Ethics
विष्णुमेवाभिजानन्ति सर्वयज्ञेषु ब्राह्मणा:
viṣṇum evābhijānanti sarvayajñeṣu brāhmaṇāḥ
Bhīṣma dit : Dans tout rite sacrificiel, les brahmanes finissent par reconnaître Viṣṇu seul comme le véritable objet de la connaissance et du culte — le Seigneur intérieur, vers qui convergent en dernier ressort toutes les offrandes et toutes les significations du rituel.
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.