Shloka 42
Ahiṃsā as Threefold Restraint (Mind–Speech–Action) and the Ethics of Consumption
यदेतदुच्यते शास्त्रे सेतिहासे च च्छन्दसि । यमस्य विषयं घोर मर्त्यों लोक: प्रपद्यते
yad etad ucyate śāstre setihāse ca chandasi | yamasya viṣayaṃ ghoraṃ martyo lokaḥ prapadyate ||
ശാസ്ത്രങ്ങളിലും ഇതിഹാസപരമ്പരയിലും വേദഛന്ദസ്സിലും പറയുന്നതുപോലെ—യമന്റെ ആ ഘോരമായ ലോകത്തിലേക്ക്—മർത്ത്യലോകം അനിവാര്യമായി പ്രവേശിക്കുന്നു.
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the inevitability of death and post-mortem accountability: all mortals enter Yama’s fearful jurisdiction, a truth affirmed across śāstra, itihāsa, and Vedic revelation, urging ethical living grounded in dharma.
Yudhiṣṭhira, in a didactic exchange within the Anuśāsana Parva, invokes multiple sources of authority—treatises, epic tradition, and Vedic hymns—to frame a discussion about the fate of mortals and the dread realm governed by Yama.