Shloka 35
Adhyāya 119: Vyāsa–Kīṭa-saṃvāda
Tapas-bala and karmic ascent across yoni
धन्यं यशस्यमायुष्यं स्वर्ग्य स्वस्त्ययनं महत् | मांसस्याभक्षणं प्राहुर्नियता: परमर्षय:
dhanyaṃ yaśasyam āyuṣyaṃ svargyaṃ svastyayanaṃ mahat | māṃsasyābhakṣaṇaṃ prāhur niyatāḥ paramarṣayaḥ ||
Bhishma berkata: “Para resi agung yang teguh dalam tapa dan disiplin menyatakan bahwa tidak memakan daging adalah sungguh membawa berkah—memberi kemuliaan, nama baik, umur panjang, pahala menuju surga, dan menjadi sarana besar bagi kesejahteraan.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that refraining from eating meat is an ethical discipline praised by great sages as a powerful source of auspiciousness—supporting longevity, good reputation, and heavenly merit.
In the Anushasana Parva, Bhishma is instructing Yudhishthira on dharma and right conduct; here he cites the authority of disciplined seers to commend abstention from meat as a major means of welfare.