Shloka 18
मांसपरिवर्जन-प्रशंसा (Praise of Abstention from Meat) / Ethics of Ahiṃsā in Diet and Rite
द्विजेभ्यो वेदवृद्धेभ्य: प्रयतः सुसमाहित: । तेनापोहति धर्मात्मन् दुष्कृतं कर्म पाण्डव
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca |
dvijebhyo vedavṛddhebhyaḥ prayataḥ susamāhitaḥ |
tenāpohati dharmātman duṣkṛtaṃ karma pāṇḍava ||
ຢຸທິສຖິຣະ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ໂອ ຜູ້ມີທຳ, ໂອ ລູກແຫ່ງປານດຸ! ຜູ້ໃດມີວິໄນ ແລະ ຈິດໃຈສະຫງົບຕັ້ງມັ່ນ, ນຳອາຫານທີ່ໄດ້ມາດ້ວຍແຮງແຂນຂອງຕົນ ໄປຖວາຍແກ່ພຣາຫມັນຜູ້ຮູ້ເວດ—ຜູ້ເຖົ້າແກ່ໃນຄວາມຮູ້ເວດ—ດ້ວຍການນັ້ນ ຍ່ອມຊຳລະກຳຊົ່ວຂອງຕົນໄດ້. ການໃຫ້ທີ່ຕັ້ງຢູ່ເທິງຄວາມຍຸດຕິທຳ ແລະ ການປົກປ້ອງປະຊາຊົນ ບໍ່ແມ່ນການປົ່ນຊິງ ຈຶ່ງເປັນທາງແຫ່ງການຊຳລະທາງທຳ».
युधिछ्िर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Disciplined, sincere giving—especially offering food to Veda-learned Brāhmaṇas—functions as a moral purifier, removing the stain of prior wrongdoing; charity is framed as part of righteous kṣatriya conduct rather than exploitation.
Yudhiṣṭhira addresses a Pāṇḍava interlocutor and states a dharma principle: when one, with a composed mind, donates sustenance to Vedic elders, the merit of that act dispels past sinful actions.