Shloka 28
मांसपरिवर्जन-प्रशंसा (Praise of Abstention from Meat) / Ethics of Ahiṃsā in Diet and Rite
भोजयित्वा दशशतं नरो वेदविदां नृप । न्यायविद्धर्मविदुषामितिहासविदां तथा
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca | bhojayitvā daśaśataṁ naro vedavidāṁ nṛpa | nyāyavid dharmaviduṣām itihāsavidāṁ tathā |
ຢຸທິສຖິຣະ ກ່າວວ່າ: ໂອ ພະຣາຊາ! ຜູ້ໃດໃຫ້ອາຫານແກ່ພຣາຫມັນຫນຶ່ງພັນຄົນ—ຜູ້ຮູ້ເວດ, ຊໍານານນະຍາຍະ (ເຫດຜົນແລະຄວາມຍຸດຕິທໍາ), ເຂົ້າໃຈທໍາມະ, ແລະຮູ້ປະຫວັດປະເພນີອັນສັກສິດ—ຜູ້ນັ້ນບໍ່ຕົກສູ່ນະຣົກອັນນ່າຢ້ານ ແລະບໍ່ຖືກຜູກມັດອີກໃນວົງຈອນແຫ່ງການພະເນຈອນໃນໂລກ. ໃນຊີວິດນີ້ ຄວາມປາຖະໜາຂອງເຂົາສໍາເລັດຄົບຖ້ວນ ແລະເມື່ອຕາຍໄປ ກໍໄດ້ເສວຍສຸກໃນໂລກໜ້າ.
युधिछ्िर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches the exceptional merit of anna-dāna (feeding others), especially when offered to learned and ethically grounded recipients. Such generosity is presented as a dharmic act that yields both worldly fulfillment and favorable post-mortem destiny, protecting one from hellish consequences and continued entanglement in saṁsāra.
Yudhiṣṭhira addresses a king and states a dharma-teaching: feeding a thousand Brahmins who are learned in Veda, nyāya, dharma, and itihāsa brings powerful spiritual and ethical results—success in this life and happiness after death.