Shloka 6
मांसपरिवर्जन-प्रशंसा (Praise of Abstention from Meat) / Ethics of Ahiṃsā in Diet and Rite
यदि व्याहरते राजन् विप्राणां धर्मवादिनाम् | ततोअधर्मकृतात् क्षिप्रमपवादात् प्रमुच्यते
yadi vyāharate rājan viprāṇāṃ dharmavādinām | tato 'dharmakṛtāt kṣipram apavādāt pramucyate ||
ಯುಧಿಷ್ಠಿರನು ಹೇಳಿದರು—ರಾಜನೇ! ಪಾಪಿ ಪುರುಷನು ಧರ್ಮವನ್ನು ಉಪದೇಶಿಸುವ ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಣರ ಮುಂದೆ ತನ್ನ ಪಾಪವನ್ನು ಹೇಳಿಬಿಟ್ಟರೆ, ಆ ಅಧರ್ಮಕೃತ್ಯದಿಂದ ಉಂಟಾಗುವ ನಿಂದೆ-ಅಪವಾದದಿಂದ ಅವನು ಶೀಘ್ರವೇ ಮುಕ್ತನಾಗುತ್ತಾನೆ।
युधिछ्िर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Confession before qualified dharma-knowing Brahmins reduces the burden of wrongdoing by removing the social and moral reproach (apavāda) that follows adharma; truthful disclosure is presented as a step toward purification and restoration.
Yudhiṣṭhira addresses the king and states a principle of ethical conduct: when a sinner admits his fault to dharma-expounding Brahmins, he quickly becomes free from the blame generated by that unrighteous act.