Shloka 37
Ahiṃsā as Threefold Restraint (Mind–Speech–Action) and the Ethics of Consumption
इहलोके च स प्राणी जन्मप्रभृति पार्थिव । सुकृतं कर्म वै भुद्धक्ते धर्मस्य फलमाश्रित:
ihaloke ca sa prāṇī janmaprabhṛti pārthiva | sukṛtaṃ karma vai bhunkte dharmasya phalam āśritaḥ ||
王よ、この世においてこそ、生きとし生けるものは生まれた時より、まことに功徳ある行いの結果を身に受ける——それを、ダルマ（法）に依り（また法より生ずる）果として味わい享受するのである。この偈は、倫理の行いが抽象ではなく、その帰結が肉身の生において実際に生きられ、味わわれることを示す。
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Meritorious action (sukṛta-karma) yields tangible results, and these are experienced by living beings in this very life; the 'fruit' is grounded in dharma, emphasizing ethical causality rather than mere ritual or theory.
Yudhiṣṭhira addresses a kingly interlocutor and articulates a principle of dharma: from birth onward, beings partake of the consequences of their good deeds, framing dharma as a practical source of lived outcomes.