Mahabharata — Anushasana Parva, Shloka 13
Adhyāya 119: Vyāsa–Kīṭa-saṃvāda
Tapas-bala and karmic ascent across yoni
ददाति यजते चापि तपस्वी च भवत्यपि । मधुमांसनिवृत्त्येति प्राह चैवं बृहस्पति:
dadāti yajate cāpi tapasvī ca bhavaty api | madhumāṃsa-nivṛttyeti prāha caivaṃ bṛhaspatiḥ ||
ພີດສະມະກ່າວວ່າ: “ພຣະບຣິຫັດສະປະຕິໄດ້ກ່າວໄວ້ວ່າ ຜູ້ໃດລະເວັ້ນນ້ຳເມົາແລະເນື້ອ ຜູ້ນັ້ນຖືກນັບເປັນຜູ້ໃຫ້ທານ ຜູ້ປະກອບຍັດຍະ ແລະຜູ້ປະພຶດຕະປະ; ການງົດເຫຼົ້າແລະເນື້ອ ນໍາມາຊຶ່ງບຸນຜົນເທົ່າກັບທານ ຍັດຍະ ແລະຕະປະ”।
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Abstaining from alcohol and meat is praised as a powerful ethical discipline that yields the same religious merit as charity (dāna), sacrifice (yajña), and austerity (tapas).
In Bhishma’s instruction on dharma, he cites Brihaspati as an authoritative voice, presenting a concise rule: renunciation of intoxicants and meat is itself a form of high religious practice with great merit.