Shloka 132

Ahiṃsā as Threefold Restraint (Mind–Speech–Action) and the Ethics of Consumption

Devanagari script

अपरस्मिन्‌ कथायोगे भूय: श्रोष्यसि भारत । एतन्मया महाराज ब्रह्मणो वदत: पुरा

Transliteration

aparasmin kathāyoge bhūyaḥ śroṣyasi bhārata | etan mayā mahārāja brahmaṇo vadataḥ purā ||

Translation

ຢຸທິສຖິຣ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ໂອ ພາຣະຕະ! ໃນບົດສົນທະນາອື່ນ ເຈົ້າຈະໄດ້ຍິນເລື່ອງນີ້ອີກຄັ້ງ. ໂອ ມະຫາຣາຊາ! ໃນການກ່ອນ ຂ້າໄດ້ຍິນເລື່ອງເຫຼົ່ານີ້ຈາກພຣະພຣະຫມາໂດຍກົງ ເມື່ອພຣະອົງກ່າວ. ແລະເພາະເຈົ້າຖາມ ຂ້າຈຶ່ງເລົ່າຕາມຄວາມຈິງ ດັ່ງທີ່ຂ້າໄດ້ຍິນ. ເມື່ອໄດ້ຟັງແລ້ວ ຂໍໃຫ້ເຈົ້າຕັ້ງໃຈໃນທັມມະເສມອ».

Word by Word

• अपरस्मिन्: in another (later) occasion
• अपरस्मिन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अपर
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• कथायोगे: in the context/connection of a discourse
• कथायोगे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कथा-योग
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• भूयः: again, further
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूयः

• श्रोष्यसि: you will hear
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• भारत: O Bhārata
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• एतत्: this (matter)
• एतत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Instrumental, Singular

• महाराज: O great king
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाराज
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• ब्रह्मणः: of Brahmā
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• वदतः: while speaking / of (him) speaking
• Type: Verb
• Root: वद्
• Form: Present active participle (Śatṛ), Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• पुरा: formerly, long ago
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा

• भरतनन्दन: O descendant/joy of Bharata
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरत-नन्दन
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Bhārata (addressee, descendant of Bharata)
• Brahmā

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse emphasizes faithful transmission of dharma-teaching: Yudhiṣṭhira claims he is repeating what he once heard from Brahmā, and urges the listener to keep the mind steadily engaged in dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

Yudhiṣṭhira concludes or frames a teaching by noting that the same topic will be heard again in another narrative setting, and he authenticates his account by tracing it back to Brahmā’s earlier discourse.