Shloka 57
Ahiṃsā as Threefold Restraint (Mind–Speech–Action) and the Ethics of Consumption
यदि पुत्रसमं शिष्य॑ गुरुहन्यादकारणे । आत्मन: कामकारेण सोऊपि हिंस्र: प्रजायते
yadi putrasamaṁ śiṣyaṁ gurur hanyād akāraṇe | ātmanaḥ kāmakāreṇa so 'pi hiṁsraḥ prajāyate ||
ユディシュティラは言った。「もし師が、自らの気まぐれと欲望に駆られ、子に等しい弟子を、正当な理由もなく殺すなら、その師自身もまた暴虐の者となる。権威は残酷を聖なるものとはしない。ダルマに従わず私欲の衝動で行えば、グルであっても道義の咎を免れない。」
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even a guru is not above dharma: killing a disciple without just cause, out of personal desire or whim, makes the teacher culpable and morally ‘violent’. Legitimate authority cannot excuse adharma.
Yudhiṣṭhira is articulating an ethical principle within the Anuśāsana Parva’s instruction on right conduct: he frames a conditional case about a guru harming a disciple to clarify that unjustified violence—especially by one entrusted with care—corrupts the doer.