Shloka 21
Adhyāya 119: Vyāsa–Kīṭa-saṃvāda
Tapas-bala and karmic ascent across yoni
कि पुनर्हन्यमानानां तरसा जीवितार्थिनाम् | अरोगाणामपापानां पापैर्मासोपजीविभि:
ki punar hanyamānānāṁ tarasā jīvitārthinām | arogāṇām apāpānāṁ pāpair māṁsopajīvibhiḥ ||
ພີສະມະ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ດັ່ງນັ້ນ ຄວາມຢ້ານກົວຈະບໍ່ເກີດຂຶ້ນຫນັກກວ່ານີ້ອີກຫລື—ສໍາລັບສັດທີ່ຖືກຂ້າດ້ວຍກໍາລັງ, ຜູ້ປາຖະໜາຈະມີຊີວິດ, ມີສຸຂະພາບດີ ແລະ ບໍ່ມີຄວາມຜິດ—ເມື່ອພວກມັນຖືກຄົນບາບຜູ້ຫາກິນດ້ວຍເນື້ອ ຂົ່ມເຫັງແລະຂ້າ? ເພາະສະນັ້ນ ຜູ້ມີປັນຍາ ແລະ ຜູ້ມີຄຸນທໍາ ຄວນເຫັນສັດທັງປວງເທົ່າກັນດັ່ງຕົນ ແລະ ກະທໍາເພື່ອປະໂຫຍດສຸກຂອງພວກມັນ».
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhishma underscores empathy and non-violence: a wise person should see all beings as oneself and recognize that forcibly killing innocent, healthy creatures—especially by those who profit from flesh—is a grave ethical wrong that naturally generates fear and suffering.
In Anushasana Parva, Bhishma instructs Yudhishthira on dharma. Here he argues from the reality of death-fear: if even learned people fear death, then innocent beings who are violently killed by meat-dependent sinners will fear all the more—supporting a broader exhortation toward compassion and restraint from harm.