Shloka 19
Dvaipāyana–Kīṭa Saṃvāda: Karmic Memory, Fear of Death, and Embodied Pleasure
एवमेषा महाराज चतुर्भि: कारणैर्वृता । अहिंसा तव निर्दिष्टा सर्वधर्मानुसंहिता
evameṣā mahārāja caturbhiḥ kāraṇair vṛtā | ahiṃsā tava nirdiṣṭā sarvadharmānusaṃhitā ||
ビーシュマは言った。「かくして大王よ、四つの支えとなる因によって保たれ守られるこの原理が、汝のためにアヒンサー（ahiṃsā、不害・非暴力）として説き示された。それはあらゆるダルマの精髄と織り合わされ、これを自らのうちに総括する。」
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhishma teaches that ahiṃsā (non-violence/non-injury) is not a minor or isolated virtue but a principle supported by multiple foundations and permeating all forms of dharma; it functions as a unifying ethical thread across duties and moral disciplines.
During Bhishma’s instruction to King Yudhiṣṭhira in the Anushasana Parva, he summarizes his exposition on ahiṃsā, stating that it is upheld through four supporting causes and that it is integrated with the entirety of dharma.