Shloka 30
Adhyāya 119: Vyāsa–Kīṭa-saṃvāda
Tapas-bala and karmic ascent across yoni
अभक्ष्यमेतदिति वै इति हिंसा निवर्तते । खादकार्थमतो हिंसा मृगादीनां प्रवर्तते
abhakṣyam etad iti vai iti hiṁsā nivartate | khādakārtham ato hiṁsā mṛgādīnāṁ pravartate ||
ພີສະມະກ່າວວ່າ: «ເມື່ອຜູ້ຄົນຮູ້ແນ່ຊັດວ່າ ‘ນີ້ບໍ່ຄວນກິນ’ ຄວາມຮຸນແຮງກໍຢຸດລົງ. ເພາະການຂ້າກວາງ ແລະສັດອື່ນໆ ເກີດຂຶ້ນເພື່ອຜູ້ກິນເນື້ອເທົ່ານັ້ນ. ຖ້າເນື້ອຖືກເຫັນວ່າເປັນອາຫານທີ່ບໍ່ຄວນກິນ ແລະຖືກລະທິ້ງ ການຂ້າສັດກໍຈະຢຸດໄປໂດຍທຳມະຊາດ.»
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhīṣma links demand to harm: if meat is regarded as ‘abhakṣya’ (not fit to eat) and people stop consuming it, the motive for killing animals disappears, and violence naturally declines.
In Anuśāsana Parva’s dharma-instructions, Bhīṣma is advising on ethical conduct; here he argues that animal killing occurs primarily to satisfy meat-eaters, so renunciation of meat functions as a practical means to reduce hiṁsā.