Shloka 11
Adhyāya 60: Dāna vs. Yajña—Royal Giving, Protection, and Karmic Share
अहिंसाया: फल रूप॑ दीक्षाया जन्म वै कुले । फलमूलाशिनां राज्यं स्वर्ग: पर्णाशिनां भवेत्
ahiṃsāyāḥ phala-rūpaṃ dīkṣāyā janma vai kule | phala-mūlāśināṃ rājyaṃ svargaḥ parṇāśināṃ bhavet ||
Vaiśampāyana berkata: “Buah dari dikṣā yang berwujud ahiṃsā adalah kelahiran dalam wangsa mulia. Bagi mereka yang hidup dari buah dan umbi, ganjarannya adalah kedaulatan; bagi mereka yang bersantap daun, ganjarannya menjadi surga.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse maps specific ascetic disciplines to corresponding karmic fruits: non-violence as a consecrated vow yields elevated birth; increasingly austere dietary restraints are said to yield increasingly exalted rewards (sovereignty and heaven). It emphasizes that ethical restraint and tapas are causally efficacious within dharma.
Vaiśaṃpāyana continues a didactic passage in the Anuśāsana Parva, enumerating the outcomes (phala) of vows and ascetic practices. The focus is not on battlefield events but on instruction about dharma, merit, and the graded results of self-restraint.